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...they are merely paying tribute to the old masters. Capote once called Jacqueline Susann "a truck driver in drag." Have we come to this? During Watergate, H.R. Haldeman's lawyer, John J. Wilson, referred to Senator Daniel K. Inouye as "that little Jap." He then defended himself by saying that he "wouldn't mind being called a little American," thus replacing an insult to the Japanese with one to the intelligence...
...settled into "a routine, almost a contentment," according to Crouter, and politeness emerged as a major issue. Major Rokuro Tomibe, the camp commander and an extraordinarily decent man, dressed down his staff for not being courteous enough to prisoners. In turn, Tomibe sulked because some Americans used the term Jap. A few inmates tried to convince him that it was an innocent abbreviation, but he recognized the affront...
...world, stocked with more than 20,000 wandering undergrads, harbors mysterious schools known only as SPC, SMG, CLA, etc., and--of course--the ever-popular CBS--College of Basic Studies, affectionately called NBC (No Brains College). Mixed liberally through this diverse student body is the ever-present JAP contingent--bringing Boston the most luxurious designer fashions that Westchester and Long Island mommies and daddies can afford...
...production without flourishes, largely without heights and depths. After a bumpy overture, the chorus of "gentlemen of Japan" appears on stage in hideous white makeup and nondescript floppy bathrobes. The one conceivable excuse for the makeup--trying to make everyone look alike in a "seen one Jap you've seen 'em all" kind of way--is hardly achieved and hardly worth trying for. But this is the kind of mistake that you can get used to in the course of a production. Worse is a lack of imagination in characterization, delivery, choreography, lighting and musical arrangement...
...called a photographer "that fat Jap...