Word: lear
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some people feel that this has led to a softening of Brustein's intellectual standards. When most conservative critics attacked, for example, Peter Brook's cold, bleak Endgame version of King Lear or his violent Midsummer Night's Dream for imposing alien concepts on the original plays, Brustein hailed them as valuable new perspectives on great works. "Bob is very tolerant toward a real effort on somebody's part to do something," says Epstein. "Even if he disagrees, he'd rather see that than see someone dead from the neck up." Brustein, in fact, has frequently stated that theater should...
...Good as Lear's book is in documenting the political maneuverings, it nevertheless suffers from certain organizational and stylistic flaws. Although his prose is generally smooth and well-crafted, he occasionally goes into inordinate scientific detail that would discourage all but the most intrepid layman from finishing his book...
...more serious problem involves Lear's tendency to include his own actions and motivations in the narrative. Besides its jarring stylistic effect, he does not need to interject his experiences with recalcitrant scientists to prove his point...
Nevertheless, Recombinant DNA, The Untold Story thoroughly documents a tale that needed telling. Non-scientists should assume more responsibility for keeping themselves informed of developments within the scientific community. In the case of recombinant DNA, Lear echoes many scientists' calls for risk-assessment experiments so the debates on safety can be based on fact rather than speculation. The recombinant DNA battle shows that scientists and the public should not confront one another, but should cooperate to achieve a mutually beneficial goal, the original goal of science--the betterment of the human condition...
...wonderful to see Olivier this often these days, and it almost doesn't matter that the movies are so bad. If only he could liven up every dumb thriller or grace every little comedy. And if only he could go back to the stage too, and do Lear and Prospero and any new, good play that comes along. Screw Hitler--let's clone Oliver...