Word: credos
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...literary history may not lead anywhere in particular, but the stroll itself yields immeasurable self-understanding. He does find many guises of his subject along the way, just as he finds many stuffed parrots while rummaging through the museums of Rouca, but Flaubert probably succeeded in his artistic credo after all--this bird has flown...
Nowadays tapestry weavers try to make modern corporate headquarters look properly palatial. And where the Renaissance craftsmen typically copied famous works by painters like Raphael, most contemporary weavers follow the lead of those 20th century painters and sculptors who have worked in an abstract mode. Their credo is "honest" use of materials. It is "dishonest" to use fibers as if they were paint, to represent specific images...
Since 1983 Brynner has been bravely and publicly fighting cancer. Knowledge of this battle gives added poignance to the King's credo: "Every day I try to live another day . . . Every day I do my best for one more day." But his strength as a performer, if not as a presence, seems sapped. The music in each line of dialogue has become a jingle, a sentiment not so much spoken as marketed; then comes a pause for laughter or applause or just mute admiration. In the show's wonderfully discreet mating ritual, Shall We Dance?, his new Anna (Mary Beth...
Martinson applies his cool perspective to all the season's challenges. "You're working hard when you win and what you lose also," he says, mirroring Giella's credo of competition...
...plot, though, is only the lid of this Pandora's toy chest. Inside, the alert viewer will find humor, imagination and a little Oriental mysticism. (Buckaroo's slogan, "No matter where you go, there you are," could serve as a fortune-cookie credo for the no-problem '80s.) There is also a passel of sharp performances. The presence of such actors as Christopher Lloyd (Zenned-out on an inner voice that must sound like Daffy Duck's), Ellen Barkin (with her bruised features and street-angel smile) and Jeff Goldblum (heartthrob of the Mensa sorority) clues...