Word: masters
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...something to be read rather than seen. Shaw's rebellious witticisms are served up in the elegant, stylized manner that Gielgud brought to perfection in "The Importance of Being Earnest," and if the audience is delighted, it may also be disappointed in getting this and nothing more from the Master...
Beyond this, Harry Truman also had a somewhat personal problem. The 1948 presidential race was heating up, but all the steam so far was on the Republican side (see Political Notes). Harry Truman, who is not a master of stimulating interest in his own party, might soon have to reverse an earlier decision and follow Tom Dewey, Harold Stassen and Bob Taft around the country...
...battle for center rages between lettermen Chuck Glynn and Nick Rodis, former Jayvee Don Stone, and former Freshman Hill Hickey. Rodis was a surprise starter against B.C. Saturday after trials at guard and tackle. He performed creditably enough and appears to be working hard to master his unfamiliar position. Glynn saw plenty of action while Stone looked good backing up the line...
...tedious toward the middle of the second act, and the curious things that start to happen when Massey is left alone on the stage help things only slightly. A little man, dressed as Massey, climbs out of a chimney (the set is a roof) and starts to berate his master, presumably the body and emotions of the scientist, for just about everything that he has said and done in the previous scene. All this falls somewhere short of delightful...
...mind" sequences are neither novel nor completely clear. At least the purpose of the whimsy in the Pinocchio--Jiminy Cricket combo was evident from beginning to end, but here Massey's mind is a rebellious servant, while Massey minus mind is a master. The idea is frightening, betokening perhaps a now return to sentimental emotionalism, where we send though packing and live in a make-believe world of noble savgery...