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...have been the point-a naturalistic musical in a fairy-tale setting. But none of the cast is either energetic or winning enough to make that interpretation believable. Even the few with musical training-like Kahn or Eileen Brennan, who appears as a crony of Shepherd's-flounder badly. Bogdanovich directs with such headlong uncertainty that obviously satiric numbers (Give Me a Primitive Man) come to look more like self-parody. The sets and costumes are of such resplendent ugliness that they go beyond campiness...
Then there's the problem of looking for power in oneself. Women here flounder in a well of insecurity when it comes to career prospects. They lack the role models to show them that what they want can be achieved. Radcliffe has produced only so many Elizabeth Holtzmans, More prominent is the spectre of swarms of their predecessors fading into the oblivion of housewifery. Take some fear of failure, and a dash of fear of success and you have a recipe for female sexism...
...party unity. It is clear, however, that if the Democrats turn fratricidal, House Republicans intend to take advantage of the disarray. Republican Leader John Rhodes has been quietly organizing his followers both to defend many of President Ford's legislative proposals and present other alternatives if the Democrats flounder...
...imperative to the group whether or not they finally decide to become an official chapter member of the NLG because the lack of a parent organization would not affect the HLSG's efforts. He said that the group would still serve a vital function even if the political programs flounder, because it enables the students a chance to get acquainted...
...Byhalia, the tension and fear remain. The burning of Hubert Mill's store and the apparent attempt to murder the United League leaders could be only a premonition of worse violence to come, as the businessmen lose more money, the blacks make more demands, and the political leaders flounder in indecision and inactivity. A clash of perspectives and values, unmediated by a viable and responsive political system, is inevitably a volatile situation...