Word: humors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...writing a letter to a Jackson newspaper in which he said: "I shall bend every effort to rid the U.S. of integrationists, whoever and wherever they may be." As Waller read the excerpt, Beckwith leaned forward to caution him solicitously: "I want you to understand; and where there is humor intended, I want you to laugh and smile; and where it is serious, I want you to be serious...
...Broadway. Unobtrusive English titles are flashed on a narrow screen above the stage to keep the playgoer abreast of action and dialogue. More nearly an operetta than a musical comedy, Rugantino is lavishly and attractively costumed and atmospherically set in Rome in 1830. Its bawdry is innocent, its humor earthy, its love songs are unselfconsciously sentimental...
Another factor working actively against Goldwater is that he has turned out to be a moody and mediocre campaigner. He has shown little sense of timing in presenting political issues, little feeling for what crowds are important, and a mercurial humor that varies from day to day. As one commentator put it, "Mr. Goldwater does not succeed as well as most candidates in conveying complete delight in being with every crowd...
...well, albeit very seriously. His performance falters only at the end, when he tells the predatory Ann in an intentionally farcical manner that he lover her. Earlier in the act, the confrontation between an American billionaire, Hector Malone, and his rebellious son is also performed with broad, almost burlesque humor. But the Malones' argument forms a self-contained episode and does not jar the audience...
CHIPS WITH EVERYTHING. With scorching good humor, Playwright Arnold Wesker challenges some lower-class conscripts at an R.A.F. base to give up their status quo for rebellion against the class system...