Word: celluloidal
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...House," and these freshmen, these chosen few, the best and the brightest the country has to offer, seemed quite impressed with this Hollywood portrayal of college life. In fact, most of these guys were so well nurtured on T V that they idolized, and even impersonated, many of the celluloid heroes. Starsky and Hutch and, of course. Clint Eastwood seem to be quite popular with the class of '82. But don't jump to conclusions. Not all the freshmen emulate these macho studs. No, it's a well diversified and varied class. Many of them emulate comedians. In one hour...
...expense of an involving plot. Weill's documentary style uses everyday situations to reveal changes in the attitudes of the characters. Susan, however, holds the screen alone for so much of the film and so dominates it even when Ann appears that the film seems to be a celluloid diary of Susan's life as a young woman in New York. It's true to the city, and offers some well executed cameo roles of gallery owners and Soho artistes, but it's just pleasant viewing after a while. The layers of supporting characters and incidental situations distract whatever attention...
...film with catchy advertising, and just watch while the megabucks roll in. The lucrative rewards are enough to make even the most dedicated producer forget all about intelligence, talent, and artistry. The uninformed, sheepish filmgoers have only themselves to blame for shelling out millions annually on this celluloid rubbish. Supply, in this case, unfortunately responds to demand...
...there alternatives? If the tie is one of a man's few opportunities to peacock a bit, then presumably a substitute must involve some color too-a brocade vest, a plumed hat. For summer at least, the newly revived turn-of-the-century collarless shirt, without the celluloid attachable collar, has possibilities. It is neat and extraordinarily comfortable. If only the collarless shirt did not reek so disagreeably of a sort of Bloomingdale's chic, which has the effect of somehow trivializing the wearer. For years Filipino men have managed to be both elegant and comfortable...
Author Jean Kerr emerged as a popular humorist in the late 1950s, when the U.S. was in thrall to togetherness, Doris Day's celluloid virginity and the beckoning greensward of suburbia. Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1957) and two later collections of essays treated these and other national preoccupations comically but gently. She did not topple idols but admired them from a safe distance. Her pose was that of the indefatigable but bumbling striver, chirping away about her supposed inability to stage a dinner party, cope with preternaturally wisecracking children or conform to the feminine image conveyed...