Word: kitschyness
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Despite the incomplete sketching of Dr. Livingstone's character, she has the honor of delivering the play's opening speech--which, laden with dreadfully kitschy symbolism, has the effect of striking a desperately false note. Such notes recur, though not at all frequently, and most are sounded by Dr. Livingstone...
Soviet kids also adore rock because it is their rebellious answer to the kitschy pop tunes and folk songs the authorities want them to hear. Although they often have problems with the censors, some rock songwriters manage to have their say. Garbed in fire engine-red pants and white shirt...
Meanwhile, Clark and Lois are sounding each other out like a pair of high school sophomores at a kitschy Niagra Falls motel. Overwhelmed by his own super-human passion, the man with x-ray vision gives in to his partner's advances. There's only one catch--as a home...
The set suffers from similar problems. Designer William Groener uses few props, and almost none authentic to the 1600s. Although he creates interesting contrasts in the position of players by using several sets of stairs and split levels, he overuses pastels. The set, too, resembles a kitschy misconception of the...
Yet some of the best things on display ti these shows do not fall into any of the usual categories of the '70s. In particular, and perhaps best of all, there are the two rooms by Judy Pfaffat the Hirshhorn and the Whitney. If there is any central metaphor...