Word: fiends
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Marx's essay was entitled, "The Steam Fiend: The Development of a Symbol...
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...books plant "in the student in our public schools the seeds of anti-Semitism . . . [which] will pay dividends in hate, prejudice, intolerance and bigotry for generations to come." The character of Dickens' Fagin, Goldstein maintained, "holds the Jew up to ... contempt, ridicule and depicts the Jew as as fiend ... a murderer . . ." Shylock was hardly better; "the synonym for usurer, cheat . . . hater of all Christians...
Paul Tibbetts as the fiend, Polyphemus, must be mentioned first. Anyone who has been in Cambridge for more than a year does not need to read praise of his magnificent voice. This was, however, the first time I had seen him act (pose in this case in probably a better word), and D'Oyly Carte's Mikado never excelled him in evil expression. Handel's bass arias are distinguished for the acrobatics they demand. Tibbetts showed his complete competence, however, and some breath control that I haven't heard surpassed...
...performance, the swishy director (Glenn Anders), the splashy producer (Sam Levene) and the gushy leading lady (Virginia Field) spray the atmosphere with love, and the idealistic young playwright with admiration. Six hours later, when the show seems to be a flop, the playwright is denounced as the Arch Fiend. But when the early morning papers dub it a potential hit, the hatchets are put away and the harps begin to twang again...