Word: modern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...maiden speech to the House of Lords in 1971. "I believe in it as the first glamourizer of thought." That was the theater to Laurence Olivier, and that was Olivier to all who fell under the glamorous spell he wove. More immediately and lastingly than any other modern actor, Olivier picked words off the playscript page, flung them passionately into the dark and secured them in the minds of theatergoers. Brilliance, for once, had its rewards. As critic Kenneth Tynan proclaimed in 1966, "Laurence Olivier at his best is what everyone has always meant by the phrase 'a great actor...
PIERCY has tried to integrate modern concerns, like the social difficulties of conducting a bigamous and bisexual lifestyle, and the dangers of AIDS, into her study of these three people and their immediate families and neighbors. At the same time, she addresses traditional issues like the intricacies of relationships between family and friends, and the definition of love itself...
...woman herself is an interesting psychological study. She epitomizes what some people call the modern malaise--with her complete isolation from others and her self-absorption. Unfortunately, her character is so unattractive that it is difficult to read through a novel that does not leave her side for a moment...
...producers have the right idea in trying to modernize the atmosphere of the movies. Even classics like From Russia With Love seem a little dated these days. No one would expect the Bond of today to be a Xerox copy of the one from 20 years ago. Licence to Kill seems to be an effort to combine the staples of the old Bond--girls and gadgets--with a modern twist, a new type of hero and a new type of enemy...
...suspicion is that the new James Bond will prove a little puritanical for the modern movie audience. In the last movie, the cause celebre was safe sex, and Bond made the unheard of move of ordering separate hotel rooms for himself and his lady friend...