Word: director
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...once, a director has been able to deal honestly with the life of a working-class woman, using neither pathos nor piquancy. Widowed by a beer brawl and left with two children, one illegitimate, Norma Rae is trapped in a one-industry, sexist little shitbox of a southern town. Her plight evokes far more sympathy than that of many recent feminist heroines like Erica from An Unmarried Woman or the French nymphets in One Sings, the Other Doesn't. While directors no longer trumpet forth about making black films, many still want to make women movies. Ritt escapes this well...
After bringing his three stars together in the tense sequence early in the film, director and co-screenwriter James Bridges tells three separate stories for the rest of the film. Godell tries to unscramble the reasons for the near-catastrophe. Wells's boss kills her story, and locks the film in the vault, but she keeps trying--unsuccessfully--to convince him to let her do hard news. Adams, meanwhile, steals the film to figure out what really happened at the plant and get the story out. As in any good thriller, these three stories become increasingly intertwined and finally come...
Richard Marius, director of Expository Writing, said he abolished fiction Expos because he believes many freshmen who take it do not learn how to write an expository essay. Marius's educational objection is understandable in a University that emphasizes expository essay skills, but his actions evidently stemmed from additional, less justifiable reasons. Marius said he would compromise and run the program personally for one more year until one of the fiction teachers protested his decision, reasoning that Marius would have enough power over the program in his position as Expos director. Marius's abrupt action in cancelling the program when...
...Director Jeffrey Harper and his cast put on a very creditable production of this difficult play. John Hall as Serge carries the show, convincingly, sounding the depths of his broad part. The other performances range from excellent to mediocre, as they do in most House shows, but overall the production succeeds in portraying a world where incost is not only best, but all there is. If that isn't enough, however, consider your pocketbook--the patrons of the production gave so much money that the show is free...
...juggle all of its problems--for example, the script--but the charming performances by female leads Andrea Eisenberg and Amy Acquino may keep you interested. George Melrod as the detective is the quintessential Columbo parody. Unfortunately these individual talents are spoiled by generally weak voices and hidden by a director and choreographer who have conspired to squeeze as much on to the tiny Agassiz theater stage as possible. Fred Barton's music, while repetitive, often sparkles--watch especially for Acquino's solo, "I'm A Bitch." In the end, though, No Net wavers on the high wire, and falls...