Word: dullness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cement shell went up. The interior pieces were returned and artisans began a careful job of restoration. Damaged pieces were repaired, regilded where necessary, and, to match the old tints, rubbed by hand until the dull undercoating peeked artistically through. Then they were set into place again, using the 1830 numbers. Cost: more than...
...explosive quality of "The New American Painting," I find abstract expressionism rather dull. Relying on sensational color and muscular painting techniques does not make a painting exciting. The most honestly painted section of a De Kooning canvas is his signature, and Kline is just plain boring after you've seen your first three...
...that Winchell's "high, hysterical voice" results from his "too-tight underwear." Often, Paar punches with less provocation -massive retaliation, as one of his former writers puts it-for no act of aggression. When Perfectionist Paar berates stagehands ("the tippytoe squad") for being slow, his writers for providing dull jokes, the studio audience for not laughing, it is all done in fun-but there is a serious, waspish edge in the laughter...
...providing just enough surprises to keep the audience from falling asleep but not so many shocks as to jolt them really wide awake. He has developed a knack for picking good guest performers, has made his show one of the prized showcases for new talent. The program can be dull and pointless but, as Paar himself says, "there's nothing like it." He adds with a wry smile, "I'm so lovable, I have a love affair with this whole continent...
Biggs' choice of program was ill-advised. He began with no less than five lengthy sets of variations--by Pasquini, Valente, Soler, Sweelinck and Handel. The theme-and-variations format has produced more dull music than any other, from the Middle Ages to rock 'n' roll. And many of the greatest composers have failed at it. The high quality of the Valente and Sweelinck works was partially obscured by the numbing tediousness of the Pasquini and Soler. The Handel work--the so-called "Harmonious Blacksmith" set--comes from a harpsichord suite and does not belong on the organ, despite...