Word: isn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...willing to laugh. The play is a comedy and, like much of James Thurber's work, cannot be taken seriously. But, after the laughter and the mirth, remember it in seriousness, for it represents a condemnation of American middle-class life almost as damaging as that of Thurber. It isn't as bitter or as obvious, but it's there just the same...
...Hargrove (M.G.M.) is war training expurgated by comedy. The picture dubs the title of 1942's bestselling, cubbish comedy of barracks life onto a swatch of slightly whimsical photographed cartoons. Typical cartoon: a soldier, agonizingly wriggling forward under barbed wire and live ammunition, exclaims: "My, this is exciting, isn...
Roth: Possible-it's a sure thing. Yes. Isn't that a blow...
...personalities like Grace Moore are not to be reckoned entirely by the operatic yardstick. As she herself states with typical candor: "There may be some who will still say it isn't [a great voice]. But I do have a voice that has made people listen, that seemed to make people happy and exhilarated." With all her faults, she remains one of the few divas since the retirement of Maria Jeritza and Mary Garden who can cause dramatic excitement merely by walking onto the stage...
...FACT THAT EVERY MOVIE EXPRESSES, OR AT LEAST REFLECTS, POLITICAL OPINION. MOVIEGOERS LIVE ALL OVER THE WORLD, COME FROM ALL CLASSES, AND ADD UP TO THE BIGGEST SECTION OF HUMAN BEINGS EVER ADDRESSED BY ANY MEDIUM OF COMMUNICATION. THE POLITICS OF MOVIEMAKERS THEREFORE IS JUST EXACTLY WHAT ISN'T FUNNY ABOUT HOLLYWOOD. TIME MENTIONS "ROOM-TEMPERATURE BURGUNDY...