Word: dulling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like Eisenhower, Marshall and Bradley, those modest servants of the democratic spirit on the battlefield. It made him one of the great characters in our military history. It is the great reason to do a film about him, and it is simply a shame to turn him into a dull fellow onscreen-which he never was in life...
Wearying Ebullience. As for Shaw - what are we to do with him? He ap pears to be a congenitally ebullient fel low, willing to do anything to perk up a dull scene. Here he plays the local expert on treasure hunting, full of unexplained but noisy eccentricities, which he cheerfully stresses in a variety of accents and many a broad gesture. He provides energy in what would otherwise be purely expository scenes, but he is rather hard on any scenery or actors who happen to get in his way. Over a long haul, he is also wearying - like a drunk...
...wanders the streets of Barcelona whistling a complex piece by Ravel. Music is to young Mauricio what fashion is to Sylvia and what the perfect apartment is to Roberto and Marta: a way of erasing the outside world. It is also a way of severing Mauricio from his dull, affluent life. The tale ends with a prince-and-the-pauper twist, when he changes places with an urchin who is his double...
After Charles-MGH, the train plunges under Boston. When it emerges blinking from the other side of the city a few stops later, it has a long, pleasant, dull ride down to Quincy...
Although very well and smoothly written, The Shad Treatment does have its flaws. The long passages of description tend to become dull, as does a long excerpt from Mac's father's testimony before a Congressional committee. But it reads quickly, and to some, may make a powerful argument for staying out of politics. It does, however, make a strong case for electing Shadwell governor this year, and the publicity the novel is receiving in the Washington and Richmond press may make that possible. The real question now is whether Epps will follow The Shad Treatment with another novel...