Word: eugenia
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...Williams points us back to pagan nature with the Hemlock family -Daddy Tim, hunter, farmer, "maker of things"; Mother Eugenia, keeper of the kitchen garden and hearth and the two Hemlock children, Son Arn, 9, and Daughter Jen, 7. This is the family primeval, whose only contact with civilization is the annual visit of the Traveler, who trades lead shot, gunpowder, needles, salt and flint for the Hemlocks' superbly crafted knives and moccasins...
...Meany than his reading tastes or his accent, which turns work into "woik" and oil into "erl." He is the benevolent patriarch of a large, Irish-Catholic family, much like the ones he knew while growing up and learning the trade of a plumber. Meany and his wife Eugenia ("Gena"), now 78, have three daughters and 13 grandchildren, all clustered in the Washington area. There is a lingering air of life in exile about the family...
None of these reviews--as fuzzyminded as they were--presaged the visciousness of Andrew Sarris in The Village Voice, or the pretentiousness of Eugenia Collier in the Sunday Times two weeks ago. Sarris attacked what he called "UNESCO-inclined critics," proclaiming that those who like Conrack (and other more-or-less "message" movies, including Sounder and Hoa Binh) are hopeless much-headed idealists, overwhelmed by uplift. But the critics Mad Andrew wrote about are figments of his imagination, since the only famous critics who praised the film (Kael and Kauffmann) are rigorous, not at all the "melting marsh-mallows...
...EUGENIA Collier's arguments were more persuasive. Her rightful concern for the film's neglect of native Sea Islands culture follows from her profession (she teaches black literature at a Baltimore college). But her professional disposition may well be the sole source of her criticism. Although she says, "the Sea Islands actually have a very rich folk culture," she reiterates her charge instead of proving her argument. According to Conroy's book, The Water is Wide (the basis for Irving Ravetch and Harriett Frank Jr.'s script) pollution from surrounding factories ruined Yamacraw Island and starved its hunters and fishermen...
...Designed by Disciples Jean Cazaubon and Yvonne Dudel, the line ran to vaporous chiffon gowns, gored skirts, lingerie-style blouses. But instead of the calf-length skirt that other couturiers adopted, Coco's designers raised the hemline to just below the knee. In the eyes of Syndicated Critic Eugenia Sheppard, that "broke the charm of those once magic proportions...