Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Children (by Elmer Rice; produced by the Playwrights' Company) proved that famous playwrights can also be foolish ones. Elmer Rice attempted to stand a lot of theatrical old hat in the corner while standing the theater itself on its head. Elliott Nugent, as a lecturer who hated the theater, and Betty Field, as one who loved it, sat at opposite ends of the stage and carried on an evening-long comment. The play involved a playwright whose own play involved all the players in Playwright Rice's; and while spoofing onstage setups, it highlighted backstage antics...
...week's end, neither Hedda nor her colleagues had deigned to answer Reagan. But there was little doubt that if they pounced it would hurt. Hollywood thought that Ronald Reagan was either a very brave man-or a very foolish...
...People, who are foolish enough to teach, don't have much money. . . the problem of ethical criticism never occurred to me," remarked Samuel A. Stouffer, professor of Sociology...
...designers. Staff Director Hans Busch planned to give "Cav," a turbulent little tragedy of Sicilian chivalry, a thoroughly realistic treatment. He slipped up on some details. Sample: when cuckolded Alfio challenged swaggering Seducer Turiddu, Alfio stood well back, out of all possible harm's way, looking considerably more foolish than furious. But despite such incongruities, and the fussy set and cluttered stage that offended Critic Downes, the singing (notably by Tenor Richard Tucker and Soprano Zinka Milanov) almost turned Cavalleria into a triumph...
Lewis dealt mostly in what one critic has called "the medium-priced emotions." He was unconsciously, gushingly funny when he wrote about love. His women were unconvincing, unpleasant or foolish. His one real hero was Dr. Martin Arrowsmith, a knight of the test tubes...