Word: clicheed
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Appearance v. Reality. After taking her B.F.A. at the State University of Iowa, which is turning out many able young figurative artists (among others: John Paul Jones, Jane Wilson), Chicago-born Joyce Treiman (she rhymes it with Freeman) plunged into abstract expressionism six years ago but soon wearied of its...
Amazingly enough, the cliche is convincing on the screen. One reason clearly is Vittorio Gassman, who plays Bruno with such vitality and abandon that the playboy's frenzy to "live every minute" seems only partially pathetic. Such a life can be rich and genuinely enjoyable. His experiences are no more...
That would be enough to set any young man's head awhirl. But for Beathard, as for most rookies, a "career" in pro football may mean nothing more than sitting miserably on the bench, or maybe a spot on the kickoff "suicide squad." Occasionally, a rookie hits it big...
The other leads below the elementary school syntax and semantic void which Jonesco's characters utter to the recognition that what makes sense in and of this play is the tone of voice, namely boredom. Not only do the player's voices range systematically from torpid boredom to orgiastic boredom...
A Case of Libel has been adapted by Henry Denker from a chapter in Lawyer Louis Nizer's bestseller, My Life in Court. The case, though veiled, is Newsman Quentin Reynolds' winning libel suit against Columnist Westbrook Pegler. Since the element of suspense is nonexistent, the result is...