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...novice who is on leave from his job as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, Dreyfus, 52, unexpectedly won his party's gubernatorial nomination after a witty and eloquent campaign. His trademark is a bright red vest, and he speaks out at every opportunity against hack politicians and their moneyed backers. "Who's going to run the show," he asks, "people or money...
...synthesized, speeded-up parody of a hack disco string section follows...
...Esquire in 1969 with the intent of doing it for a year... I ended up doing it for three years. After that I didn't see a movie for a few years. I really didn't want to be a critic. Most people who are artists are kind of hacks; I was a hack trying to become an artist. All the while [at Esquire] I was fishing around for a new way to write about films. I had a kind of prejudice about being a critic even while I was one." Accordingly, he does not plan to return to journalism...
...that the average salary for a TV news director was only $18,200. Such disparities offend those who believe salaries should more closely reflect journalistic experience. "Are anchors worth these astronomical amounts?" asks Chicago Sun-Times TV Critic Frank Swertlow. "Of course not. As journalists they can't hack it. These are made-for-television journalists...
...most impressive, however, is John Guerrasio as Timmy, the boy who comes home from the wars. Guerassio brings an energetic, pleasing style and a hoarse tenor voice to the part, which seems to have been written for him. He is at his best imitating a vaudeville hack or meandering through a wicked drunk as the family collapses around him. His timing and movement are impeccable; more will certainly be heard from this...