Word: hyped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Marvin's Hickey has the hype and the patter but only a portion of the necessary bravura. He seems to be wrestling with the vivid memory of Jason Robards in the same role, a performance of such passion that it became definitive. It may be unfair for an actor to carry such a burden, but Marvin does not carry it well. His Hickey is tentative, almost halting...
...playing concerts and engagements in nightclubs for almost three years, but he only recently made a serious effort to market his music. The summer before he came to Harvard he made a tape and played it for a record company in New York. "They gave me a lot of hype, but they never called back...
Well, what more can I say, except don't fall for the hype, Joe. It's sure to turn up at Penny's Drive-In sooner or later, but I suggest you play poker everynight that it runs, instead. Of course, you could bring your own blanket and nap in the back seat. Because let me tell you. All that stupid sex and bad rock and roll, those mad scientists, those six star generals, and the two dimensional sucker who's the star of the show are bound to put you out cold. Or they should. A lot of cliches...
...anyone who has been in Harvard Yard longer than the Crimson Key tour knows the adulation for this place is a lot of bunk. Most people, however, understandably do not recognize that omniscient, omnipotent Harvard is a product of ad agency hype; and the University's prestige affords radicals a toehold that can be exploited for progressive ends in not immediately evident ways...
Kael is sometimes prone to theatrics when she files off the handle, but I think that she has to be. When the media hype pushes the reviewer into the role of fashion setter-everything he likes becomes a new peak - he has to come out extra loud to fight against its pressures...