Word: jonesism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After pondering the news during his routine half hour of exercises, Ford discussed it with Lieut. General Brent Scowcroft, deputy director of the National Security Council. At noon, the President met for 45 minutes in the Cabinet Room with two members of the NSC, Kissinger and Defense Secretary Schlesinger, and...
Non-assertiveness takes a variety of forms. Judith Jones, a graduate of a Manhattan course, points out: "I was the kind of person who was grateful for every promotion I got, when actually, goddammit, I had earned them." Stanlee Phelps, a psychiatric social worker who helps to teach courses at...
A PLAYWRIGHT'S reliance on stereotypes can provide an audience with immediate gratification, with the comfortable, simplistic vision we have grown accustomed to. It can, at the same time, leave us dissatisfied. This is the primary problem with senior Peter Lawson Jones's play. The Family Line. We know all...
The protagonist of Jones's play, on the other hand, eludes categorization to successfully that he baffles us. We are never quite sure whether to be charmed by him. Brad "Rainbow" Robert is a warm, yet spoiled and defeated, 25-year-old. A supporter high school basketball player, he has...
Despite the play's conceptual flaws, it is both extremely entertaining and moving. The actors are all fine (especially James Cannon as Brad, who is excellent), and the dialogue is natural and moves at a fast clip. Peter Jones, directing his own play, keeps the scenes tight and imaginative. What...