Word: cleverer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...recent ad in a New York City newspaper contained the following encomium to an R-rated ("Under 17 re quires accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian") film: "Loud/ brassy/ biting/ clever/ fresh/ bold/ glittering/ offbeat/ compelling/ truth/ humor/ devastating/ fun/ hilarious/ murder/ rape/ comedy/ inventive/ caustic/ kinky/ droll/ raw/ jagged/ power/ demolishes...
While the narrative line meanders a bit, and laughs do not detonate every minute, much of the evening consists of a fiendishly clever talkfest. Some of it is bantering class raillery, some of it Shavian disquisition-as when Mrs. Rogers delivers a monologue on the advantages of a strictly segregated society-and some of it prime non sequiturish zaniness out of the theater of the absurd. When Eugene goes into a huff, for in stance, and threatens to leave the apartment, Mrs. Rogers tells him that he must not go: "The time is 3 in the morning . . . streets are filled...
Once upon a time in Tennessee I had a high school Latin teacher: Miss Martha Shelton Davis. We used to be terribly clever and call her Mattie behind her back. Like the rest of my classmates, I hated her daily for four straight years...
...Those clever Crimson reporters and similar types who wonder why 97 years doth a centennial make should address their inquiries not to the Castle, but to God, on Whose shoulders the responsibility rests. It was God and not the boys at Zero Freedom Square who, manifesting that recurrent and annoying disregard of detail, sent Wunderkind Marty Kaplan to us three years too soon. This obviously did not stop Marty, suggesting that the book might be viewed primarily as a monument to Free Will. In fact, my guess is that one hundred years from now, this book will not be remembered...
...page for the Duke Orsino--awaiting the proper moment to reveal her true state--the complicated plot of disguises and counterdisguises unfolds against an admirably uncomplicated set. A charming use of music and a minimum of props set the tone for each act, with extravagant costuming and clever staging making the most of the abundant puns and wit in the play...