Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Foolish Wives, a rarely-seen 1921 masterpiece by Erich von Stroheim, playing with Bunuel's Chien Andalou. Mather House Dining Hall...
SOME CHANGES have been made in Portugese policy in Angola since 1961, but only those that have been deemed necessary to ensure Portugal's continued rule. Salazar's foolish old policy of prohibiting foreign investment has been replaced by more modern economic exploitation of the colony. Foreign investment has been encouraged, and profit-hungry American corporations have begun capital intensive production in Angola. The President of the Portugese Council of Ministers rationally admitted, "Economic development was the best foundation for maintaining the defense effort necessary for the nation's survival...
...frightening sense of height, is the only technically effective addition. Hollywood hadn't mastered the art of mashing bodies, so the close-ups show the victims carefully placed between gaps in Kong's lower teeth. Kong's head looks like the mechanical mock-up it was: the result is foolish and distracting. This new set of close-ups weakens the film's attempted verisimilitude and should quietly be returned to the censor's vault...
...have a solo album? It's not easy. First of all you have to be a black band that helps a neurotic white blues singer like Eric Burden achieve his ultimate fantasy. And you've got to play along with this white singer's fantasies and record with him foolish albums like Black Man's Burden. Sooner or later you'll realize that the white man is using you as his fool once again, and you'll try to make it on your own with a new record company. Usually it's the singer that leaves the band...
...accompanist was none other than Nils Vigeland who is an excellent pianist. In addition to the modern music, the Chorale sang two short Monteverdi works and the Bach Cantata No. 131. All three were marred by weak soloists, unable to project and unvarying in tone. Still, it would be foolish as well as unkind to chastise the Grad Chorale for their work; one can only hope that in the future their quality will come up to the level of their enthusiasm...