Word: charms
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fantasy and glamour" of the muscles and brawn of the hunks on TV [April 4] grow dull. The charm, humor, sensitivity and style of Remington Steele (Pierce Brosman) stimulate...
...moment is quintessential Mailer, combining swagger, a touch of menace, self-mockery and high good humor. Such charm in close quarters could overwhelm a roomful of enemies. How could anyone not wish this impish iconoclast happiness, prosperity, long life, enough success to make him happy and enough failure to keep him on his toes? But mellowness? Hold that for a while, spare him and the rest of the world such tedious peace. Says Mailer: "I've never been impressed by mellowing. Usually the people who have mellowed always have just a touch of sadness, because maybe they shouldn...
...center by an unattractive protagonist named Edward, an oversmart, oversmug womanizer and all-around user of people, who is supposed to summarize all that is wrong with traditional Oxford attitudes. In this role Robert Woolley does the nasty bits well, but mostly leaves out those moments of charm and vulnerability that might have evoked real sympathy...
...stagecraft to make them work. True, the otherwise subtle lighting design turns a bit blatant for the great funeral speech, dropping to a single spotlight as soon as Antony begins to speak, spectators' yells coming out of the near-pitch dark. Even that tactic, though, carries a certain ingenuous charm; why shouldn't Woronicz and director Cameron-Webb admit they're enjoying playing this scene? Anyone who studied the play in high school and whispered the lines to himself is likely to sympathize...
...Education of Henry Adams. The extended flow of his letters-these three volumes take him from age 20 to 54-portray someone quite different. Even in middle age, he was a man of considerable enthusiasm ("Man is still going fast upward," he wrote to a friend) and considerable charm ("Gum-drops are better than chocolate in hot weather," he advised a two-year-old neighbor...