Word: dreaming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...More Americans are brushed by such riches than ever before in history. If an annual income of $50,000 per family is considered the start of wealth, then 1 family out of 70 has reached that goal. If $20,000 a year can be considered enough to keep the dream of being rich alive, then 1 out of every 4 families has not only the urge but perhaps the hope...
...year from 30, he notes, which will soon give way to 40--and he asks for a separation. To do what? his wife asks. "To shaft a thousand women," he cries, tearing at the colorless wallpaper that symbolizes their insipid existence. But Finney can as yet only dream about escape, and he rants and howls with frustration when he cannot muster the courage to cash in on his desire for all "the young...
...argument in The Deputy that Pope Pius XII bore a greater responsibility than Hitler for the deaths of 6 million Jews was distinctly surprising, and while it failed to convince, it certainly contributed to the success of the play. No such element of surprise exists in I Have a Dream and Billy Dee Williams' performance has a snake oil slickness that robs it of the craggy integrity that Hal Holbrook brought to Mark Twain, or Henry Fonda to Clarence Darrow. The idea of having a character who is seemingly Coretta King (Judyann Elder), deliver lengthy asides on the ideals...
...Dream has two significant things to tell us. One concerns the immutable American commitment to democracy...
...other significant feature of Dream is to remind us of how deeply Christianity is ingrained in the spirit of U.S. blacks. The songs of the Gospel are the most moving and powerful moments in the play. Among Southern whites, themselves steeped in the Christian tradition, the principle that every soul is equal in the sight of God produced an in exorable momentum toward progress in desegregation. While I Have a Dream is negligible as drama, it is very bracing as a lesson on how U.S. democracy works...