Word: crisps
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...more serious air. Ben Hibbs, a former Kansas newspaperman and editor of Country Gentleman, who took over the Post in 1942, deployed a staff of crack war correspondents. He also changed the fiction-nonfiction ration from 70-30 to 30-70, shortened the articles, and struck a crisp, bright tone throughout. But when postwar American society and American journalism began changing, the Post was not so nimble as it needed...
Even Fries' humor sounds crisp, though its predictable source lies in the absurdity of the current scene and the pretentious twaddle of all establishments, whether founded upon outworn socialist unrealities or rampant democratic rhetoric. Arlecq puts in a stint as a government guide, conducting a party of Indonesian comrades from Goethe's shrine in Weimar to the Buchenwald concentration camp where, in spite of his efforts, the Indonesians beam and smile, mistaking it for a prehistory museum. He also works as an interpreter at an international conference. When the Cuban spokesman takes the floor, Arlecq switches...
ANDREW SARRIS correctly analyzed Bogdanovich's inability to mix cinema of contemplation with that of tight Hawksian storytelling. His camera is constantly pulling away from the action to examine the locations or pause on details. Consequently Bogdanovich gives us more visual information than we need to enjoy a crisp narrative, or (take your pick) too much narrative to enjoy a reflective stylistic bent normally associated with Mizoguchi or Rossellini. It is hard to determine what director has influenced Bogdanovich, but the outcome exists largely in terms of meaningless tracking shots which bear down on their subjects. In any case, Targets...
...adaptation from the French script by Jay Allen might have been wittier, but it is never less than civilized fun, and Abe Burrows has directed the show with crisp agility. As a tonic for middle-aged matrons, Forty Carats is so potent that canny David Merrick may have to institute extra matinees to handle the crush...
...CENTER: John Didion, Oregon State, 6 ft. 4 in., 244 Ibs. Centers with pro potential are hard to find in college ball, but Didion comes closest among the 1968 seniors. A crisp, sure blocker, he is adept at opening up the middle, cutting off the blitz or dropping back for pass protection. One scout says that Didion "gets on the linebacker faster than any other center I've seen...