Word: condescendingness
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In the second half of the picture however the authors introduce tragedy in the form of death and illness in the family and some unnecessary sermonizing on marriage by a condescending female divorce court judge. Handled with more restraint and less shouting by the protagonists the serious parts of the...
They get precious little of it, for the duke is a skinflint. After every payday, he cheats his staff out of their wages in an unfriendly game of cards. Forever inviting guests, the duke is an outrageous host. The wine they admire, he knows will not "travel." Wheedled out of...
Last week, as a result of Impy's unsporting conduct, the mayoralty campaign had become the noisiest, eye-gougingest free-for-all the city had witnessed for decades. (Said Columnist Walter Winchell: "The only dirty show in New York today is the election campaign.") Impy and Pecora stood toe...
The critics were still wrangling at the top of their voices over Ernest Hemingway. His Across the River and into the Trees (deftly parodied by E. B. White in The New Yorker as Across the Street and into the Grill) had strong popular support; it stood firmly at the top...
For all its democracy v. dictatorship argument, the picture seems to take place in a political vacuum. Its revolutionary mob scenes are too studied, and its attempt to have a single guitar carry the musical score (in imitation of The Third Man's zither) produces nondescript results. Yet, as...