Word: containers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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McCall Corp.'s Editor in Chief Norman Cousins promised that the article in the November McCall's would contain never published information on "the thinking and feelings at that time of the President and Attorney General, the estimates and reports of the CIA." In addition, it would tell of Security Council deliberations and "the significant secret meetings between the Attorney General and Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin." Other editors who had seen the manuscript emphasized other virtues. "The thing that comes across," said one, "is the terribly close relationship between the two Kennedy brothers. It's not as great...
Comedies about love, sex and marriage always contain a slight element of the sadistic. What is often pure misery for the participants is pure merriment for the spectator. Watching other people go through hell seems to be fun. At least it is in Lovers and Other Strangers, a sort of diminutive Plaza Suite that consists of four diverting playlets not overly witty or wise but foaming with gentle laughter...
...Which, in contrast to monkey kidneys or other animal tissue used as culture mediums, are readily available, relatively sterile and contain the nutrients needed for virus growth...
...festival may contain more costume jewelry than ever before. This year's program list is more notable for its absentees than for those in attendance: there are no British, Canadian or Oriental films. On the other hand, France is lopsidedly represented by twelve movies-half of the full-length features. The lack of balance may not be entirely the festival's fault. Some films were unavailable for screening: Hollywood, as usual, refused to provide any of its major productions; and Jacques Tali's new comedy, Playtime, is on 70-mm. film, too large for Lincoln Center...
Another bit of Barth cunning is to turn daily life into mythology while turning mythology into domestic comedy. Ambrose His Mark, Water-Message and the title story, Lost in the Funhouse, contain elements of autobiography, though the characters and events have an Olympian quality. Menelaiad and Anonymiad, bawdy colloquializations of the Aeneid, are reminiscent of Barth's historical burlesque The Sot-Weed Factor...