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...trying to make a play for my daughter?" asks Meredith of one William Shakespeare Jr. the Fifth (Theater Director Peter Sellars). Well, yes -- and the play he wants to make for her is King Lear. The film, though, could be called The Comedy of Eras. With his usual dour brio, Godard mixes allusions from five centuries of drama, painting, film. He presides onscreen too, speaking like a deranged Hitchcock, his hair a Rastafarian tangle of phone cords, stereo jacks and dog tags. The whole sport makes for Godard's most infuriating, entertaining pastiche in two decades. It's nice...
Sharp disparities also exist between Iowa and the rest of the U.S. on specific critical issues. In appraising economic conditions, Iowans are more dour than voters elsewhere. In Iowa, 45% of Republicans judge the economy "fairly bad or very bad," vs. 38% of G.O.P. voters nationwide. Democrats are even more doubtful about the economy: 73% of the Iowans are downbeat, vs. 60% of Democrats at large. Most Iowans, like Americans generally, support increased federal spending on education, care for the elderly, cleanup of the environment and help for the homeless. Similarly, majorities in both parties say they are willing...
Afterward the weary opponents shook hands and stayed onstage for several minutes discussing the game. But the two Ks' show is hardly over. In 1990 the glasnost man must defend his title. His opponent? Don't bet against the dour "apparatchik...
...emphasize the fact that he has no known views on any subject, controversial or not. Although he has never read the Constitution, he did pay careful attention to Peter Jennings' three-hour special on ABC. In addition, he's the sort of wacky guy who might make the dour Justice Marshall bust a gut now and then...
...just the sort of cynicism that would bring a smile even to Hobbes' notoriously dour face...