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...restore happiness, Kerr prescribes purposeless fun. It should be as preposterous as possible, with rules as capricious as the one that dictates keeping the arms limp in an Irish jig. Art is the finest form of fun so long as it is not overburdened by a "message." Americans must learn to relax and surrender to contemplation, which is "almost like falling in love." When they have exhausted the pleasure of comic books, they will automatically graduate to Sherlock Holmes, then to Shakespeare, without having to ponder whether it has all been worthwhile...
...advertisement, in addi to Sacks, were Derek C. Bok, profes of Law; Robert Dorfman, professor Economics; Burton S. Dreben '49, iate professor of Philosophy; James esenberry, professor of Economics; k B. Freidel, professor of History; L. limp '50, Dean of Admissions Financial Aids; Alex Inkeies, pro of Sociology; and Daniel J. Levin assistant professor of Psychology in Department of Psychiatry...
Next morning, the professor is called to answer a charge of rape made by one of his students. Later the same day her boy friend comes after him with a gun. That evening something enormous that grunts like a hog and walks with a limp attempts to break down his front door. Next day his car skids into a ditch. That night his wife falls into a trance and walks into the sea. After he rescues her, she tries to murder him, and less than an hour later his house catches fire while he is being attacked by a-well...
Paret lay limp and still, blood running from his eyes and nose. The cameras zeroed in for an endless moment, and better than any ringsider, the stay-at-home boxing buff saw the tragic picture of a fighter who had been all but killed in the ring. Next day, after an operation to relieve the pressure on his damaged brain, doctors gave Benny Paret "one chance in 10,000" to live. While he struggled to survive, boxing rolled with the punches as it took one more public pasting...
...people used to at the mention of Brooklyn; and everybody feels great because he's in on the joke. But the situation is rarely exploited; brilliant ideas for scenes die as the authors milk the obvious punchline for all it's worth, and then the actors limp off stage...