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...Ardito is deplored, detested, vilified. But he is also adored: even anticlerical partisans call him "the saint." The flaw in his character is that he is so intent upon his crusade that he cannot pause to deal with individual problems. Even as he climbs to fame as a preacher, he shrinks as a human being; he cannot give simple love to those who need it from...
...coverage. But Lippmann, like many another TV-viewer, also leaned heavily on the work of hundreds of newspaper reporters. Throughout the convention, soaring newspaper sales indicated that TV probably whets the appetite for newspaper news, rather than dulls it. Said Editor Louis Seltzer, putting his finger on the big flaw in TV coverage alone: "The people at the convention can't tell what's happening without expert advice, and neither can those looking at television. Newspapers now need more interpretation and analysis. We've got to tell people what they've seen...
...hesitates to accuse Harkness Commons of back wardness. After all its fluorescent ceilings acres of glass and sliding partitions are impressive testimonials to the contrary. But with all due trepidation we hasten to point out a flaw in its bold facade...
...this is very entertaining, but there is no escaping the consequences of a cast of characters composed of stereotypes, no matter how necessary they may be as foils for the brilliant unconventionality of the protagonist. This is a flaw inherent in the very idea of the play. Furthermore, Maugham has not altogether succeeded in escaping the stereotype in the case of the heroine herself. The drawing room comedy has seen unconventional heroines before, and Maugham has drawn a bit freely on the stock of conventionally unconventional ideas...
...inconsistency is the production's crucial flaw, and it is writer-director Verneuil's fault. Although the pace never flags, although several of the jokes are funny, and although the basic situation is sound enough, the play cannot overcome this weakness. Reginald Owen, for instance, starts off his characterization of a retired Secretary of State with finest premium ham. Half way through, he becomes a shrewd man. Owen executes both neither has much to do with the other...