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...sure beats working," he always said of acting, and these incidents convey the same message: do whatever the job requires, but don't make a big deal of doing something you're being overpaid for. This was an attitude many great male stars of Hollywood's classic age mastered. But Mitchum, achieving prominence late in that period (with his war- and bone-weary platoon leader in 1945's The Story of G.I. Joe), took self-deprecation to new levels...
...retains a disarming faith that musicals are still a vital art form that can move people and convey serious messages. "Ragtime, Show Boat and Parade are all strong indictments of racism and anti-Semitism," says Drabinsky. "I don't know of any other medium that can make that statement as indelibly powerful as musical theater. Certainly the film studios aren't doing it. They back away all the time." Drabinsky doesn't back away; Ragtime is the latest and best proof of that...
These isolated incidents, often hilarious or moving, help convey the lack of cohesiveness to Robert's conception of marriage. The show's designers aptly depict Robert's "snapshot" image of matrimony through bold, oversized portraits and sudden photographic flashes. In "Someone Is Waiting," where Robert seeks a companion who embodies characteristics from each of his female friends, a slide montage serves as an extension of Robert's mind. Unfortunately, the number itself seems out of sequence in its position early in the show; the audience does not get the opportunity to become familiar with many of the women about which...
...known for his roles in "Happy Days" and "Murder, She Wrote") makes a fine Cap'n Andy, jovial and kindly but with unexpected edge. The rest of the cast are generally quite good in their stock roles. Sarah Pfisterer as Magnolia demonstrates some impressive vocal chops and manages to convey the girl's radiant innocence winsomely, as well as her later, more subdued dignity as an abandoned wife. Real-life husband-wife team Kirby and Beverly Ward almost steal the show as the husband-wife comic team of Frank and Ellie who leave the show-boat...
With this statement, Albright not only means to convey the dangers associated with appeasement but also the general difficultly of negotiating from a position of weakness. She realized early in her foreign policy career that nothing can be accomplished without power...