Word: childishly
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...geniuses or angels. Wanda Kaczynski, of course, represented the style of an older generation of parents, but her child rearing bore traces of the obsessive. Later American parents sometimes have a tendency to practice a retro-projection that amounts to a search for their own lost, sweet, brilliant, childish selves. They indulge in a manic idealization of their young; it is the obverse of child battering but sometimes has equally fatal effects. The idealization too savors of some indirect exhibitionism that, seen in a brutal light, comes just short of amounting to child sacrifice...
...stupid, childish, naive fool!" Jim raged at her. "Honey," she said, "these are people we know, they're our friends. Why are you so upset...
...Dole," Beasley told the crowd when he introduced the Senator, as if that were a sit-down with God. What the Governors, each in their turn, have all been trying to say is that they've seen Bob Dole where he is best, in the back rooms making the childish ones act like adults, a place where they speak a different language than the verses of the campaign trail. Dole's hope is that even though Buchanan knows how to throw out the red meat, the Governors can convince people that Bob Dole is the President who will best know...
Classic ballet is often a beauty to watch. But it is not often that a production wins over both the mature dance appreciation and the childish delight of an audience. Whether one has to brave the snow, the T, or the ticket price, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is definitely a performance worth the effort. Chances are that, from ballet connoisseurs to the completely dance-ignorant, everyone seated in the Wang Center as that golden curtain rises once again will not be even slightly disappointed...
...possibly theater at its worst. Robinson seems to have lost all the restraint, subtlety of message and clarity of vision which makes "Live Bird" a satisfying drama. The cast of "Alley Cats" is unspeakably poor, except for Robinson himself and drummer Dwight Hart. The whole mess is like a childish scribble obscuring the quality of Robinson's music. One can only hope that Robinson either returns to the more focused, steady approach of "Live Bird" or abandons drama altogether in favor of his music. If "Alley Cats" is any indication, Robinson's career may mimic that of his hero Parker...