Word: lot
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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SWEET CHARITY. Shirley MacLaine is sometimes cute, sometimes arch in this overblown musical about a dance-hall hostess searching for love. A lot of money and a lot of energy have been expended on this superproduction, and most of both has gone to waste...
...Butler said last night that the School Committee's action on Tuesday was the end of the campaign. "We were beaten on this issue," she said, "but we have a lot of people in this city talking about the education of their children, and what we are going to do next fall is elect a School Committee which will be more responsive to the wishes of the community...
...Jubilee has its problems too. Its public cannot be convinced by an overwhelming deluge of hard sell publicity or by vociferous shrieks espousing school spirit and the financial welfare of the class. Indeed, some feel the freshmen could save themselves a great deal of money and a lot of work if this activity were eliminated completely. Yet the venerable Jubilee and its undaunted committee perpetually endure...
News and camera men who had been unable to enter the office because it was so crowed then went in and interviewed Mrs. Bunting. When asked about the students, she said, "Like so many other things that go on these days, they take a lot of people's time without really wanting to talk about issues--but that's okay...
...themes--the black cat as evil's embodiment, Joan Allison's actions under a narcotic. In another director's hands their non-resolution would be irritating; for Ulmer they must remain suggestions. Only thus can they work as partial explanations of his characters' actions. Similarly, the script omits a lot of explanation of characters and events. But their resulting strangeness contributes to Black Cat's transcendence of normal experience. Ulmer uses all the odd events of his films to make his characters' evolution seem right...