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...when it finally does, the question that has been forming in your mind--why Shea decided to write about Lermontov and not Pushkin--begins to dissipate. Of course Lermontov is a tinhorn, a two-bit mock-up of Pushkin, a caricature of a radical artist who is grotesque rather than tragic (though, by some trick, he becomes almost tragic in the end). That is precisely the point; Pushkin was above revolution, though he was a friend of revolutionaries. He saw through it. Lermontov was beneath revolution; he was merely bored, dissatisfied with things the way they were for some vague...
...mistress of a wacky ménage that included even more animals than children?Brumus, the huge Newfoundland of nippy disposition, the wandering armadillo that broke up tea parties, the pet hawk that once landed on Mrs. Averell Harriman's wig. She was the dinner-party cutup who once, in mock jealousy at the attention a high Government official was paying another woman, tossed a candleholder at him?to the obvious distaste of Jacqueline Kennedy, the regal sister-in-law with whom she had so little in common...
...Kennedy and a few close friends do what they can to fill a small part of Bobby's role as father. Art Buchwald holds irregular meetings of the "Blue Meanies," and entertains them with picnics, fanciful discussions and mock-secret projects. LeMoyne Billings, a prep school roommate of Jack's, recently took Bobby Jr. on a trip to Colombia. And Dave Hackett makes a point of attending each and every Father's Day at all the schools...
...director Fellini has always played with ideas and people and, like most gamblers, he wins a few, loses a few. The loser among the Notebook sketches was a stagy, tasteless mock interview with Marcello Mastroianni. Among the winners was a night ride on the Roman subway, which may still be under construction in the 21st century - archaeologists hold up the work each time the tunnel runs into ancient finds. As Fellini's train sped through the tunnel, the stations gradually filled up with Roman slaves, Senators, and soldiers...
...This has been done," said Tim, with mock concern, "In a Melina Mercouri picture! Which movie...