Word: italianize
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week before the opening, the 11 actors in the production split into two groups and began to scream Italian gibberish and profanity at each other, five actors onstage, and six at the top of the Loeb auditorium. "All right," says Havergal in a beautiful, melodious British accent that sounds just like every British accent ought to sound, "Now choose some lines of yours in the play, and let's hear you deliver them in the same tone to each other." While the five actors onstage proceed to do so, Havergal huddles with his group at the top and begins whispering...
Eastern League Restaurant of the Weekend: For the players, Paggano's Italian Restaurant in Philly, where they had an eight or nine course meal. For the writer, Georgio's Cafe in Harlem, where the Cheeseburger Deluxe comes with two slices of cheese...
With a twirl of his TV dial on one typical evening last week, an Italian viewer could tune into the following shows: instruction in sexual positions by a scantily clad young couple; lessons in chess, French or English; a battery of commentators ruminating about the kidnaping of ex-Premier Aldo Moro; an education program to help children with their homework; a spaghetti western; a porno feature called The Masseuses; and a phone-in quiz starring a housewife-masked to protect her identity-who peeled off an item of clothing every time a caller got the answer right. For the truly...
...private telecasters, who can get on the air with an investment of as little as $70,000, are cashing in on the frustrations of advertisers with the limited commercial time allowed by the R.A.I. networks, and on the irritation of Italian viewers with R.A.I. programming, which tends to dreary news programs and interminable talk shows. Result: the private channels have lured away an estimated 20% to 40% of Italy's prime-time viewers from the state networks...
...private stations offer classical music and good sports coverage, much of their programming consists of game shows and films, both of which seem to be dedicated to proving the pulling power of porn. When Telefantasy in Rome offered the American sex epic Deep Throat (which is banned from Italian moviehouses) on three successive evenings last January, the city all but came to a standstill while the show was on. When a Rho station, Telereporter, advertised for amateur strippers, dozens of housewives and students applied. Despite howls of protest, including a complaint from the city's Oblate Fathers that...