Word: comical
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Against the rather grim cases of academic freedom violations, one stands out in comic relief. The happenings this year in Alabama would provide material for the funniest political satire since "Of Thee I Sing." It is, however, only because good sense finally won out over monumental blindness that the case can be viewed with any sort of amusement. The spirit that motivated Alabama's Act 888 is not funny...
...prosperous brother, West Pakistan. Two months ago the angry Bengalis of East Pakistan trooped to the polls in the first provincial election since independence, and routed Mohammed Ali's Moslem League from office, leaving it only ten of 309 seats in the local legislature. Into power came a comic United Front-as diverse a group of politicians as ever made common cause-ranging from an Orthodox Islamic party to a Communist outfit on the left. Atop the uneasy heap as Chief Minister sat old (82) but popular Fazlul Huq, who campaigned for election by announcing: "I love...
...three B movies and a dozen episodes for TV's Gangbusters, will add his own inventive genius to that of Writer Dumas: "We started out to do a sort of adult Lone Ranger, but how much can you do with four guys with swords?" Lerner is investigating the comic possibilities and has not hesitated to seek advice in other fields. After a Manhattan conference with "someone in Cardinal Spellman's office," he decided not to use Cardinal de Richelieu as his main villain. The leading lady is British Actress Dawn Addams, who will be downgraded to duchess from...
Sweet Thursday is a turkey with visibly Saroyanesque stuffings. But where Saroyan might have clothed the book's characters and incidents with comic reality, Steinbeck merely comic-strips them of all reality and even of very much interest...
...string quartet are hardly a diversion for his troops. To his quest for a program replacement, the Captain applies his own special talents of adroit bungling and naivete. He is essentially a master of the faux pas, breeching social etiquette regularly and filling in the gaps with comic dignity and a pained smile...