Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like other Arab leaders, Syria's President Hafez Assad acknowledged Sadat's initiative as a clever ploy that would put Israel on the defensive and perhaps even contribute to a straining of the U.S.-Israeli relationship. On the other hand, Assad was characteristically leary of any Egyptian action that might reduce tension in the Middle East without at the same time leading toward a settlement between Syria and Israel. Not that the Syrian President is necessarily opposed to bilateral negotiations when they serve his purpose. He even suggested to Kissinger last month that if there should be progress...
...problem is tha Bogdanovich has overblown the whole thing. The scale he uses is far too large, the little that is clever in the script or acting gets swamped, and the acting, singing and dancing aren't good enough to even begin to make...
...Laotian model as a replacement for Lon Nol, but there is little reason to believe the Khmer Rouge would now accept anything less than full power. There is a chance, of course, that nationalists will temper the ardor of the Communists in the insurgent movement. Perhaps the clever Sihanouk will play a larger role than is now anticipated. The Khmer Rouge, which lacks a strong cadre of leaders, may be forced to rely upon the existing bureaucracy. Moreover, the traditional Cambodian hatred of all things Vietnamese may prove a stronger motivating power than Hanoi's ideology. But such matters...
...France of De Gaulle in 1966. This does not seem to affect The Misanthrope one way or the other, possibly because social mores remain remarkably constant. One may demur at Adapter Tony Harrison's decision to render the entire play in rhyming couplets. While these are agile and clever, they are somewhat distracting to an ear attuned to English prose in the theater. A hint of Gilbert and Sullivan enters the playgoer's mind and lightens what should essentially be a dark comedy. Leaving that aside, the redcoats have come with another triumph to their Broadway beachhead...
...best--they each have a bundle of idiosyncrasies to lean on. Heurtebise, clad in blue overalls, shuffles around in a loose-ankled, slightly pigeon-toed walk, with his hands clasped tightly against his waist. The unworldly astonishment never fades from his pudgy face. A natty clerk displays an uninspiredly clever knack for his work that his pompous boss lacks, and briefly supplants the others with an act verging on slapstick. Fortunately, he reins the performance in before the proportions of his minor character become too inflated...