Word: loincloth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...second was a kind of prosthetic phallus which belonged to Thirsites. When fastened to his loincloth it was visible only when he turned upstage, and its curves were those of a snake. Released, and it was left hanging a good deal of the time, it hung to his knees. Insofar as it did not allow him the modesty allowed to those around him, it gave him a reason for his cynicism. Insofar as, when it was it was present, the full dramatic force of the play swung on its axis, it gave Thirsites immediately the authority which on the page...
...well managed by Director Irving Lerner in a style that might be called Eisenstein modern, and devotees of the Hollywood spectacular will cherish the bravado of the two leading actors. Robert Shaw bellows and glowers in his ornate armor like a psyched-up Errol Flynn. Christopher Plummer, in cloak, loincloth, gold necklaces and flowing hair, looks like the lead singer of a particularly exotic rock group, and his attempts at a Peruvian dialect occasionally make him sound like one. His performance is unabashed camp, consisting about equally of ego, bluff and plain old Spam. It is obvious that...
...York Times interview that he would be in favor of disrobing for the title role in a planned London production of Prometheus Bound. After all, he argued, it is hardly rational for a fallen god, chained to a rock until the end of time, to wear a tigerskin loincloth for eternity. A more immediate concern for many actors and actresses is that few have the physical endowments to withstand public scrutiny. Shelley Winters, now 46, observed of onstage nudity: "I think it is disgusting, shameful and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body...
...bright. The Mexicans were dazzling in white. There were green-gowned Nigerians and Australian girls in yellow dresses; the Americans wore red blazers and the Russians chose blue. The Japanese were decked out in uniforms of cerise and white, and there was a magnificent Mongolian flag-bearer in red loincloth, salmon cape, fur hat and leather knee boots...
...long piece of pink silk shaped like an airplane. "Over clothed bodies," he explained, "silk makes a far less interesting shape." Alas, when Byars first staged the event last week, he waited in the cockpit of the airplane, clad only in a Navajo hat, a red loincloth and black socks carefully held up by red silk garters. About 50 people came to join him, but all remained fully clothed. Manhattan may be ready for psychosculpture, but not, it seems, for psychosculpture...