Word: gagged
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Roman Candle is one of those mechanized gag-farces that, along with a few good gags, are full of forced plot twists and vaudeville turns, broken-down scene writing and fruitless inventions...
More willing to go along with a cultural gag as he mellows, India's Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, 70, allowed himself to be turbaned and accoutered with a ceremonial sword and shield in order to get into the spirit of a war dance performed by Bombay visitors. Peace Lover Nehru seemed to be mildly amused by the belligerent ritual, part of a celebration that drew dancing troupes from all over India for observance of Republic...
...book is seen from a wholly masculine viewpoint. Particularly effective is a midnight episode in which timorous strikers march out to meet a force of equally fearful police. The book's best line is given to a striker who, irritated at politicking women, mimics the old gag: "As we married women unfortunately know, there are certain aspects of marriage at which a gentlewoman shudders, but, ladies, I find that it is possible to live out these times if one sets one's teeth and thinks of ENGLAND...