Word: classicism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...classic struggle over integrating a university
...Little Romance, Olivier has another crusty character role: a suave old coot of a Frenchman who plays fairy godfather to a pair of star-crossed lovers who are just 13. He is in delightful fettle and creates one classic bit, a gasping fit while reading a newspaper. Yet this is one latter-day Olivier film that has more going for it than its star. Director George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy, The Sting) and Screenwriter Allan Burns (cocreator of TV's original Mary Tyler Moore Show) have constructed a romantic comedy that, for all its contrivances, offers an indecent amount...
...growth of cable TV dwarfing anything yet seen. Technology is improving: the cost of an earth station to receive satellite signals is down from $100,000 in 1975 to as little as $12,000 today. Programming is becoming more diverse and imaginative. Indeed, the stage is set for a classic scrap for top industry positions, as befits a business in which technology, creative talent and entrepreneurial leadership open a new market...
...individual performers, however, generally succeed in their primary task: singing the songs. Patty Woo as Nora, Tommy's mother, is especially strong in the classic, "Tommy Can You Hear Me/Smash the Mirro." She precisely evokes a bizarre combination of tender motherly concern and guilt-inspired anger. And as an extra bonus, Woo develops her character without overacting in the moments when she is not singing: a job the other actors find difficult to do. Bob Cunningham, as Nora's lover/accomplice Frank, sings adequately. Once away from the mike however, he presents either exaggerated venom or a sense of being...
...lack of apparel. Always fond of extended "comedy show" tunes, Zappa has recorded rock's kinkiest scenarios on wax with nary a batting of his beady eyes. (Those of unsalvageable purient interest may refer to the Live at the Fillmore East "white album," or the equally memorable Overnight Sensation classic, "Dinah-Moe-Humm.") Believe it or not, parts of Yerbouti shock the sensibilities as never before. As for romance, there's "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes." No explanations needed. But unlike similar efforts on other albums, these songs lack the intelligent insight needed to redeem the abuse they dole...