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...image of two lesbians-one of them Whistler's mistress-sprawled in amorous sleep. At times, as in All Abordello Doze 3, 1982, the degree of interference by overprinting, cutting and juxtaposition almost buries the motif in a landslide of variations, and yet Rauschenberg's close, laconic grasp of form saves the effect from chaos. The montage of alien images, clamoring for attention, cancels the peculiar voyeuristic steaminess of Courbet's original...
...applauded Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974. However, after reading "Hardheaded Détente" [Dec. 27], I would vote for him in 1984. He has no peer in his grasp of essential foreign policy issues...
...characters except for Charlie are one-dimensional stereotypic caricatures. Clayburgh plays a dippy finance. Although her portrayal of Josephine is appropriately vacuous, she fails to seize a firm grasp on her character. Nothing seen on the screen can explain Charlie's attraction to her. A little awkward on film, Clayburgh's acting techniques seem rough and not as refined as in her later performances...
...Nixon's latest attempt to explain away--and subsidize--his retirement years is not entirely without insight or interest. His paranoiac sliminess aside (a big aside). Nixon does evince some of the flashes of political acumen and pragmatic grasp of world affairs that surfaced from time to time during his shortened Administration. Thirty years of hobnobbing in the world's corridors of power have somewhat of a rubbing-off effect, as Nixon himself wouldn't hesitate to tell us: It sure beats some other forms of occupation, like acting for instance. But this is getting ahead of the game...
...task of providing insight into many of the world's leading actors, it does give an engrossing glimpse into a fertile, though dangerous, mind. For observers of a President way out of touch with the complexities of his office and wallowing in stagnant ideology, Nixon's intellectual abilities and grasp of world politics sounds frighteningly refreshing--or at least provocative...