Word: hava
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...usually opens on a serious note, a protest song that may be Jerry or Darlin' Cora or Tol' My Captain. He goes on from there to shouters (Lead Man Holler), love songs (I Do Adore Her), songs of thanksgiving (Merci Bon Dieu), an Israeli Hora (Hava Nageela). Belafonte has developed a remarkable emotional pantomime to match the content of his songs. In John Henry, he hunches his tall, lithe body (6 ft. 2 in., 185 Ibs.) in a half crouch, knots his fists, launches into the verses with teeth clenched and a spasmodic toss of his head...
...loud at times, a bit nervous, but on the whole satisfactory in the part. The other majhor role is taken by Robert Schwartz, a rich and unifluential art dealer who marries Miss tarrant. He has an unfortune muatache and, did space permit, would have the same permit, would hava the same things said about him as were said about Dozier...