Word: insightfulness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Both these plays, which are directed by Donnally Miller, stir up joy and insight in their minor way so naturally from the tenor of the moment and the color of the incident that plot summaries, for example, won't work on paper. It's all pretty weird...
...Loeb is billing Psalms as "a celebration in song, dance and mime...an ingenious blend of historical drama and psychological insight." On the surface it is a story set in the decadent court of Saul, with eunuchs, concubines and vicious intrigues; and later in David's court--cleaner but just as doomed. On a deeper level it is a philosophical statement on the meaning of faith, a grappling with the question of foreknowledge in an ill-fated life. If one got a flash of one's future, how would this affect the choices eventually made? A complex and sophisticated juxtaposition...
...decision to end federal aid for hospital construction with the rationale that the U.S. now has enough hospital beds gives some insight into Mr. Nixon's reasoning processes...
...After seeing the attacks on your cover story about Last Tango [Feb. 12], I can only hope that it is not indicative of the overall national reaction to the article. The article was well written, informative and showed both insight and discretion...
...Pacino's virtuosity rests upon a profound insight: that Richard is primarily an actor himself. Deprived of the gift of normal humanity, the crippled killer role-plays with savage, self-mocking ingenuity at the parts other men confidently assume: seductive lover, charismatic leader, gallant warrior. In Pacino's conception, Richard's ultimate triumph is not to become King but to put on the whole world. His ultimate tragedy is that he cannot deceive himself. But with what energy - with what charm, with what venom - does Pacino stretch Richard toward his illusions, like a Pirandello character trying...