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...hands of Freddie the undertaker. The shmoos rolled over dead and oven ready for hungry hoomins. Hulking Hairless Joe and his faithful Indian sidekick, Lonesome Polecat, dispensed hair-curling batches of Kickapoo Joy Juice. Dogpatchers went calling on the snowbound citizens of Lower Slobbovia, home of Lena the Hyena, world's ugliest woman. Moonbeam McSwine wallowed happily in the mud and tried unsuccessfully to ensnare Abner with her buxom charms. As Capp once said of his curvaceous creations: "Anyone who likes small bosoms -let 'em read Orphan Annie...
...darkness that most people would rather whistle through: the abrasions of living that wear away spirit and soul. A Dream Journey, Hanley's 26th book, is a particularly harrowing example of his craft. Clement Stevens, 50, is a painter with ferocious determination but no special gift. Lena, his wife in everything but name, sums up the fruits of his labor: "Two exhibitions, ten private sales, a deal of barter." Clem no longer leaves their apartment on the top floor of a crumbling London house; he drinks and stares at the reproach of blank canvas. Lena goes shopping once...
...symbiosis of Clem and Lena is hardly a compelling matter, and Hanley's narrative does little to pique the reader. He lets his principals do the talking, and, like most victims of accidents. Clem and Lena have a cloudy sense of what hit them. They are well-versed in their own weaknesses, but not on the whys and hows of their lives. A rare visitor to their room registers an outside opinion on what the two have accomplished: "In the wasteland he saw a curious mixture of loyalty and stupidity...
...just walk out on a person just because they turn out to be second rate ... There's more to a man than that." Hanley wrests such epiphanies from meager raw materials, and it is easy to commend his skill and tenacity. But A Dream Journey like Clem and Lena themselves, is more to be puzzled at than loved. Paul Gray
...incisive one of the Vanguard days; the ups and downs of working with movie personalities are shown as fairly level. Occasionally the tensions of Hollywood or Broadway emerged onstage. "We knew this was going to be a big one," said Green introducing a number, "because our dear friend Lena Horne was going to sing it. Now we'd like to sing the song as it was sung on opening night by Dorothy...