Word: maudlin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Mannes fails to fulfil, however, such noble aspirations; transcendence demands more than an old argument buttressed by a string of maudlin portraits...
...moment from the other end of the long, dimly lit corridor," and continues for 230 pages until Blotner's tasteless discussion of his realization that his would be the last hand to touch Faulkner's coffin as it was laid into the ground. Having suffered through these maudlin worshippings, it would be embarrassing to look Mr. Blotner...
What will we remember about the Watergate Spring? Banner newspaper headlines daily, introducing new charges and personalities into the scandal. Another maudlin television speech from behind Presidential Seal. John Mitchell, once stern-faced on the ramparts, the hero of Mayday 1971, reduced to a petty criminal, a hang-dog and pathetic figure. The names, a new one every day: Dean, Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Kliendienst, Krogh, Barker, Sturgis, Alch, McCord, Liddy, Hunt, Chapin, Caulfield. Piecing together the stories, the leaks and the testimony, waiting for that last link, the one piece of firm evidence: "The president ordered me to do this...
...MATTER HOW well a Tennessee Williams play is done, there are some people who have had their fill of "that maudlin trash." Although I'm often one of that number, I submit a temporary resignation for the length of this review; all the rest of you scorners can either stop reading now, or continue and learn that you can't judge a play by its title...
...FIRST SIDE of Then and Now is apparently "Now." It includes a pretty version of Townes Van Zandt's "If I Needed You," a fairly conventional love song that Doc and Merle's performance and a restrained string arrangement by Chuck Cochran turn from maudlin into lively. The Watsons are equally successful with Tom Paxton's "Bottle of Wine." Merle's instrumental arrangement "Bonaparte's Retreat" shows off not only the precision of his and his father's guitar playing, but also the unusually expressive fiddling of Vassar Clements. Clements demonstrates that a fiddle can make you feel things besides...