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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...placed a large burden on both the cast and the audience. Was he right to do so? The last sections of the play largely justify his approach. As for the rest, his application of theory there shows up as an act of courage which is itself deserves no mean amount of praise...
...audience liked Mort. Those who didn't find him funny found him interesting. Mort is a young man, intensely serious, very sensitive, and able to laugh at himself and the world. No mean feat...
...profession to task for having been, in the past, too pessimistic. It can effect cures in 90% of cases, he insists, provided that analyst and patient are willing to take the tremendous time and effort to get to the root of the difficulty. By "cure" Bergler does not mean making a guilty homosexual proud of his perversion, but changing his character and, among other things, leading him to normal sexual enjoyment...
...also very heartening, for, even should it not accomplish much, the formation of this all-star pressure group proves that the Democrats are still a youthful party, capable of not only imaginative but extraordinary action. Even better, it shows that the party does mean business, that they mean to make a Democratic majority more than a mere acquiescence...
...hero, not line or form. Even when his subjects are alienated or alone against architectural backrounds as in the work of Hopper, or in open spaces there is concentration on the human significance. Although Shahn's work is representational he can hardly be called a Realist. His pictures mean very much more than the objects or people they represent. Symbolic realism might better catch his selection and refinement of images, and aesthetic elaboration...