Word: levels
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Without making any claims that this is a rigid a priori formula it would seem that there has to be first, a dramatically interesting story that occurs at a human level, a story resonant with analogies so complex and yet, at moments, instantly and strikingly identifiable, that it fleshes out the political fact. The turbulence of war, the patterns of black-white intimacies, the historically right setting, all these are fit ingredients for such a story. And finally, most important, the touches of unstammering, heroic rhetoric to scald the benches into the grip of the ultimate social and political meanings...
Marking something of an economic milestone, the Labor Department last week reported that in June the U.S. work force topped the May level by 2.7 million, reached 80 million for the first time in history. And with an increase of 1.3 million jobs, there were more Americans than ever before-77.3 million-picking up paychecks...
...mechanical level Anouilh feels no need to explain how the letters to Bonfant find their way into Madame Mlle, de Ste. Euverte's hands, on a textual level he feels no qualms about using the term 'soul' to explain contradictory situations. When Anouilh wants to indulge in a dissertation about 'honor' he so indulges, forming such a situation even though nothing of the resulting discussion between the General and his Secretary is coherently related to the characters or the action of the rest of the play. This is not a fault--it is just another style of writing plays...
Without benefit of voice or grimace, Ted Graeber's Lion, here and later in the play, is a remarkably adept and communicative mime. And Troobnick too manages to maintain his appealing level of performance...
...writer suggest that what is needed is a mystical trust between all humans, a willingness to interact with others "on that one level where you do address others to their eyes, directly without fear, and with the realization that they are there...