Word: flaws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What is best about the essays is not Writer Hardwick's critical conclusions, which tend to be prudent rather than profound, but her rare talent for skewering a flaw or evoking a literary presence in a single, ringing epigram. Items...
...only flaw in the Bennett legend is that he did not get the mausoleum he wanted. This was to be a statue, 200 feet high, in the shape of an owl (Bennett liked owls). It was to be far grander than Grant's tomb on Riverside Drive (Bennett did not like Grant). But Architect Stanford White, who was supposed to design the bird, got himself shot by Harry Thaw. Bennett lost interest, and Manhattan lost...
...unfortunate weakness in experimental drama is the same flaw present in non-objective art - anyone can try his hand at it. It is too bad that we can not legislate on the arts and make it an offense for anyone but an established writer or painter to play with the experimental forms; as it is, we have chimpanzees riding tricycles over paint-smeared canvasses, and, alas, we have Ellis Andrews writing off-Broadway plays for the Cohasset Music Circus. The results are comparable in quality...
...same. John Casey, on the other hand, clogged the flow of mirth, especially in the opening scene. His timing lacked the elegance needed for Orsino's opening speech; however, he gained assurance with time, and achieved a certain nobility by the end. Allen Graubard (Fabian) was the only serious flaw among the principals; he spoke awkwardly and without much awareness of the show's airy pace and style...
...charges me up," he says. "It gives me added incentive. I just tell myself to try harder. It's a little like bleeding. First you have to stop the blood -then you try to heal the wound." Perfection. This year Palmer seems to have mended the only noticeable flaw in his game: his tendency to scatter his booming 300-yd. drives. "There's no such thing as perfection in golf," he says. "I'm playing better, and the main improve ment is in my driving accuracy. I'm not hitting the ball any further...