Word: mayhemic
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...cause of the black-on-black mayhem was a drive by young black students to expand further the power they have wielded in the ghettos since last June, when the bloodiest racial demonstrations in South African history shook the country. Back then it was Soweto, the huge (pop. 1.2 million), black suburb of Johannesburg, that erupted. The violence there, touched off by black anger over the forced use of the whites' Afrikaans language in black school instruction, spread rapidly. Since then, effective political power in Soweto, as well as some other black enclaves, has migrated to an underground organization...
...Burr A. The lack of space is particularly evident in the tacky plywood castle walls, which serve as the only set. The choreography, on the other hand, makes the most of the tiny stage: the dance sequences are adequate, although the full-cast numbers look like barely organized mayhem with practically no one having any room to move...
Sensory Overload. Most of them conclude that there is a significant link between TV violence and child behavior. Will the mayhem ever end? Perhaps. CBS recently prepared a "violence tabulation" showing that brutality on TV has been decreasing lately. It may be a consequence of good policy and good business at work. Violence is getting boring, and some advertisers think it may not be selling their products. Says Arnold Grisman, an executive vice president of J. Walter Thompson, the world's largest ad agency: "What shocked us yesterday does not shock us today ... violence dominates our time...
...cast's spirited foolery inoculates the evening with laughter, and John Lithgow's pell-mell direction would probably secure a friendly salute from the dean of comic mayhem, George Abbott, now 88, who directed Boy Meets Girl the first time, 41 years...
...decade. Douglas had played the role of the roustabout McMurphy on Broadway, and wanted to make the movie himself. There were no backers. Prospective producers were put off by the requisite casting of Douglas (too old, they thought, for the part), turned off by the trying subject matter, mayhem in a mental ward. Finally, in 1972 Douglas turned the rights over to his son Michael, then 27, and told him to give it a shot...