Word: milieu
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...corpus of laughter-and-tears drama. It is not a thesis play; nor is it a deep one. The author chose the just-plain-folks, people-in-the-house-next-door, it-could-happen-to-you genre, set within the framework of a specific middle-class cultural milieu--the sort that has tempted many American writers, with varying success, ever since Abie's Irish Rose...
...deep one. And it is not a comedy about sophisticated, upper-crust society--which is much easier to write. The author chose the just-plain-folks, people-in-the-house-next-door, it-could-happen-to-you genre, set within the framework of a specific middle-class cultural milieu--the sort that has tempted many American writers, with varying success, ever since Abie's Irish Rose...
...this instance, the milieu is Jewish. But Schulman, though a Jew, has presented it with restraint: he was under no illusions of producing a "social drama," and he avoided the easy temptation of exaggerating the Jewish elements. Yet he shows a keen ear for Jewish speech; and has, without falling into mawkishness, captured just the right amount of protective close-knittedness so characteristic of Jewish family life...
Espionage: He and she married in 1938 at her country place in Virginia, set up homes in Manhattan and Ridgefield, Conn., moved amid a milieu of bums and bohemians, philanthropists, philosophers, progressives and an odd Communist diplomat. Both scurried to sign up for Communist-line outfits, e.g., American Committee for the Protection of the Foreign Born. American Peace Mobilization, National Council of Arts, Sciences and Professions. He led a Communist-backed protest march (on the train) from New York City to Albany (1947) to urge Govenor Dewey to freeze rent controls in New York. Both were heady for Wallace...
...environment: "Art is not concerned with environment; it doesn't care where it is. If you mean me, the best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel.* In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for an artist to work in. The place is quiet during the morning hours, which is the best time of day to work. My own experience has been that the tools I need for my trade are paper, tobacco, food and a little whiskey...