Word: codgerization
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That's fanaticism. And Henry Miller is not fanatic about anything, not even sex. Curiously enough, under the macho veneer of the critic's voice lies a kind of prudery. That Miller sublimates murderous inclinations into lust is plausible. But this camphorous old wives' tale--or old codger's tale, say--evinces fear of female sexuality. Mailer's near hysterical protestation of a woman's weakness fronts for an appalled reaction to her spongy, devouring vagina and the ballooning mystery of her womb...
...This is where reality ends," intones an artful codger togged up as old Father Time. Indeed, for the visitors he greets, the mundane is exorcised for a few hours by a free-form fantasia of mummers, monsters and midgets, pirouetting puppets and Barnum spoofery. All this is encased in The World of Sid & Marty Krofft, a spectacular amusement center that opened last week in Atlanta...
...converted into a contest of egos for their elders. The movie is calculated and a little cute. It relies too heavily on the amusement value of hearing little kids cuss like Marines. Yet The Bad News Bears is also tough-minded. It does not turn Buttermaker into a lovable codger, and the kids do not become last-minute victors...
...liberal cartoons have sometimes been at odds with the paper's editorial policy. The Dayton Daily News's Mike Peters, 33, is such a comically gifted draftsman that many of his cartoons could stand without their captions. The Miami News's Don Wright, virtually an old codger at 42, nonetheless has a sprightly style that lassoed Richard Nixon more effectively than perhaps any of Wright's colleagues. The Richmond News-Leader's Jeff MacNelly, 28, is one of the few cartoonists who can turn out hilarious conservative commentary. Paul Szep, 33, a Canadian who joined...
...consul in Zurich, once sued Joyce to recover some money he'd spent on a pair of pants for an amateur production of Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest put on by the local English-speaking community and co-produced by Joyce. Stoppard's Carr is a rambling codger in a floor-length dressing gown as he tells us Stoppard's story in flash-backs, wreathing himself in cigarette smoke as he pounds out a travesty of Beethoven's Appassionata sonata whenever he wants the audience to realize he is saying something meant to be profound...