Word: charm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CHARM INTACT...
...formidable public personality and retained an outspoken interest in politics. He was, at the start and for a long time, an out-front liberal, and--surely swayed by charm and power--eventually added some deep shadows to J.F.K.'s definition of executive privilege. He passed along a mistress to the President, Judith Exner, who was also a favorite of Giancana's. Kennedy used her, but eventually froze Sinatra out of Camelot. Sinatra responded bitterly and swung right. He golfed with Spiro Agnew, sang (wonderfully) at the Nixon White House and partied with the Reagans...
...where the ladies could be called tramps at a moment's notice. Or to be Sammy Davis Jr., who had to endure Sinatra's cornball racial jesting at its worst. But for Sinatra, the sumptuous early '60s were a Golden Age, when gambling was still glamorous, smoking had charm and "dapper" was something you might actually want to be called. Naturally he was infatuated with J.F.K., just 18 months younger, an Irishman born to the Ivy League credentials and Establishment credibility that Sinatra never had. In return, Kennedy was fascinated by Sinatra's bachelor-in-paradise ways, cultural power...
...energy keep the audience's hearts racing as well breaking--the image of the field workers suddenly bursting out dancing, even without drums to accompany them, is a hard to forget image, and one that echoes with the production's message of triumph despite extreme adversity. Plus, the unexpected charm and charismatic talent of drummers David Peter Chapman and Dennis J. Dove in "The Panhandlers" draws smiles and applause from theatergoers...
...cover the "Rat Pack" phenomenon. "Ocean's Eleven" gets an edge for a semblance of plot and a winning turn by Cesar Romero as kingpin Duke Santos. "Robin" has some good musical numbers. Both are ultimately dragged down by too many flat spaces and an over-reliance on Pack charm to fill them...