Word: humor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Married. William J. Lederer, 53, author (Ensign O'Toole and Me, A Nation of Sheep), former collaborator of Eugene Burdick (see below); and Ruth Corinne ("Corky") Edwards Lewis, 38, co-publisher with Lederer of the Honolulu Beacon, local monthly humor magazine; both for the second time; in San Francisco...
...when the tension is finally built up, just begging for resolution and conclusion, Bartok lets it crumble, making a long-winded, rambling apology instead. The finale, in contrast to the rest of the quartet, is a cohesive movement with direction, vitality, and a good share of tongue-in-cheek humor...
...HAVEN, CONN., Long Wharf Theater: The Hostage. The late Irish playwright and scourge Brendan Behan is at his bawdy best, using ribald humor to outrage and amuse-and to reveal the depths beneath human shenanigans-in the story of a young English soldier kept as hostage by the I.R.A. in a Dublin brothel...
...Problem in her own forthright fashion by aiding and abetting two-tone cohabitation as widely and as often as possible among her vast collage of acquaintances. As a single, running, off-color joke, the novel turns out to be neither very funny nor very dirty. The level of its humor is set by Negro Author Chester Himes in a laboriously arch preface that explains that "pinktoes is a term of indulgent affection applied to white women by Negro men, and sometimes conversely by Negro women to white men, but never adversely by either." Sample line: "Her moments of tender intimacy...
...role Nancy -- and New York. But Lester made an indoor play into an outdoor movie, spicing it with wild cycle rides, water skiing romps, and traffic tie-ups. His sight gags are old hat slapstick but none the worse for wear, and they don't overshadow the personal humor but become a part...