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...born to the role: son of a Boston executive, prep-school boy, Harvard grad, a Navy ensign (like Mister Roberts' Pulver). From the start he was a master of comic timing, of the buttoned-down double take. That flummoxed look paired nicely with his ricochet vocal rhythms--he'd race through phrases, then put a twist on the crucial word. Unlike most other Hollywood actors, who relax and seem to bathe in their star quality, Lemmon worked hard. He let you read his reading of the character. His acting was less about being than about doing...
...Crimson Comic Should Not Make Light of Hitler
...write in response to an issue of the “Comeuppance” comic strip (May 23). The strip shows a masked man sitting at a theater balcony while another man, who is apparently Abraham Lincoln, sneaks up behind him and assassinates him. When the mask is pulled off, it is revealed to be Adolf Hitler, and Lincoln is portrayed as saying: “Nobel Peace Prize...
...shocked that The Crimson would actually run a comic strip poking fun at a man who created a very dark period in human history. It reveals the insensitivity and naiveté not only of the strip’s authors but also of the Crimson editors who thought it would be acceptable comic material...
...when was the last time even sophomoric left-wing agitprop was the subject for a musical--much less one that's so entertaining? The vest-pocket production has outsize energy, as does the terrific, beefy Kurt Weill-like score by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis. They aim for comic-operatic heights and keep the audience soaring...