Word: magic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Those who believe that Reagan's popularity comes from a Teflon magic refuse to acknowledge his gains and exaggerate his failures. Mayors who feared that federal aid cuts would bankrupt their cities now run surpluses. The estimates by Reagan's critics that 3 million people are homeless proved to be overblown by tenfold. Such attacks diminish the true anguish of the needy and insult American intelligence...
Women were central figures in this Derby; it fizzed with equal opportunity. For the only time in 110 years, the pageant involved a female owner, trainer, jockey, horse and Governor. A filly entry of Althea and Life's Magic was the 5-to-2 pick, Swale the 7-to-2 second choice. The No. 1 post position, while symbolic of Althea's place as the first filly favorite in 49 years, constituted no honor. Waiting for 19 other horses to be loaded in the gate is hardship enough for any thoroughbred. But where three-year-old males...
Still unaware of the forces playing about him, he achieves the illusion of redemption through 15 years of backroads wanderings, false heroic regeneration by using his magic bat as a kind of Excalibur, leading the aptly named New York Knights on a charge out of the league cellar toward the pennant. But he becomes a true hero to modernist eyes only when, ambiguously but courageously (and with a good woman's help), he achieves awareness of what his life and adventures mean. In literary circles this is known as coming to consciousness; in the on-deck circle...
Cinderella is not an obvious banner to follow into battle. In one form or another, the ballet dates back at least to 1813, but it has never been a truly popular theme. For A.B.T. the magic has worked: Cinderella has been a virtual sellout across the country, and, opening the company's two month New York City season last week, it proved to be a sumptuous, buoyant, surprisingly sophisticated show...
...neither parody nor camp extravagance, nor is it a conventional story ballet. The sets and costumes, by Santo Loquasto, are opulent, if heavy on glitter. The fairy tale is told straight, as indicated by Sergei Prokofiev's richly melodic score. But instead of emphasizing welling emotions and magic spells, the choreographers are brisk...