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...Overseers, in suggesting the creation of such a division, had come to recognize what many undergraduates feel is an unfortunate flaw in Harvard's art program--that little attention is paid to problems of the creative artist. The prevailing sentiment at Fogg was perhaps best expressed by Professor Rosenberg when he announced that creativity in the fine arts program is totally "extra-curricular," opposing it to the "proper guidance" which the department now offers. It is precisely this point of view which has driven many would-be art majors into a substitute field such as Architectural Sciences, which offers some...
...second major flaw in the show is the misuse of the star's talents. Miss Verdon shares with such other musical comedy queens as Mary Martin and Ethel Merman that undefinable quality called stage presence, but unlike them she is not, primarily, a singer. Though she possesses a pleasant enough voice, her main ability is as a dancer, and more specifically, a comic dancer. The show offers her only one opportunity to do this sort of work, and the resulting ballet, There Ain't No Flies on Me, is the musical's best sequence...
...tragic flaw lies not in his character, but in the fact that he is only an "Acting Colonel." The War Office sends a man named Basil Barrow from London to take over the battalion. A "poor wee laddie," who is colder than Flora MacDonald,* he had spent the war in British intelligence. Which colonel will command the battalion-Jock or this Barrow boy? Jock is handicapped not only by a mistress but a prim Presbyterian daughter named Morag who is in love with a corporal-piper. The newcomer makes the fatal mistake of issuing regulations on how the Highland officers...
...favor of the Protestants. Lutheran Heimrich gave most of the credit for better Protestant billing to the Council of Churches' campaign to inform producers about Protestantism. One lost battle of the campaign: the council appealed to ministers for film scripts, got several and rejected them all. The flaw: "They would never get the seal of approval of the Production Code Administration, for in part (e.g., by portraying pastors bossed around by church-board members) they show the Protestant religion in a very bad light...
...actors often use their freedom and intimacy to do excellent work with their roles, the characters hardly ever act and speak to one another. They are not integrated; they are striking by themselves, but sacrifice the effect of an inter-related group. In Uncle Vanya this is a grave flaw...