Word: enacted
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Kaylor uses a kind of modified neorealist technique in which real people re-enact real situations. The results are often stunning. There is a pervasive tone of desperation in Derby, a sense of ironic, backhanded success about O'Connell and a pitiful aimlessness in Snell. As the documentary ends, he gets on a motorcycle and rides out to roller derby school in San Francisco. Snell says he wants to "better" himself, but Derby has made it clear that success will mean no more than living a hollow dream. Jay Cocks
Every musical aims for at least one showstopper. Follies can count on two. The first is Who's That Woman? Seven of the aging Follies girls, led by that infallible comedienne Mary Mc-Carty, re-enact an old routine, ostensibly to mirrors. From the indistinct background, their youthful selves emerge ?backs to the audience, as if a reflection: new vamps for old. The symmetry of the ballet?choreographed by Follies Co-Director Michael Bennett?is never violated for a quarter-note. When an old girl turns, her "reflection" makes the selfsame move in reverse, a feat whose parallel...
...around the council chamber singing "We Shall Overcome." The Council president asked them to desist. When they refused, he had them arrested for disturbing the meeting. The clergymen argued in court that their behavior was an act of conscience in the face of the refusal of the Council to enact a civil rights ordinance. Their demonstration, they contended, was a statement of moral feeling protected by the First Amendment right to petition for redress of grievances. The Court rejected their plea. Recognizing that what constitutes a disturbance is contingent upon circumstances, the Court held that interruption of the orderly process...
President Nixon last week appointed Dean Dunlop to head a committee which will enact a "self-regulating" wage-price control system in the construction industry...
...controversial legislation through Parliament, foiled by the supreme court when she sought to abolish the maharajahs' privy purses, she decided to dissolve Parliament and try to win a greater majority. If she winds up with a two-thirds majority, she will be able not only to enact her program but also to amend the constitution...