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...last, in the February Encounter, Lolita's scholarly old man replied to Bunny. "A number of earnest simpletons consider Mr. Wilson to be an authority in my field," Nabokov began, and went on to recall their old association: "I invariably did my best to explain to him his monstrous mistakes of pronunciation, grammar and interpretation" of Russian. And, just to finish the job: "Mr. Wilson's use of English is also singularly imprecise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Feb. 18, 1966 | 2/18/1966 | See Source »

...with nothing less than to present some enactment of the central mysteries of Christianity. Arthur is "hermaphroditic Adam," father-and mother-of mankind, also divine child, also martyred divinity. In these terms, Mandala becomes not a dense literary puzzle but an obscenity. Arthur, the shaman of Sarsaparilla, is too monstrous to think upon: quack religion and genuine psychopathology are mixed up. White has written a mystery play in drag...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Shaman of Sarsaparilla | 2/11/1966 | See Source »

...often annihilates the indispensable illusion of theater, leaping the distance that might lend more credibility to Olivier's thundercloud performance. His makeup looks false, and through the blackface gleams a supreme actor's intelligence, timing every phrase, calculating effects, revealing the mechanics of his trade in monstrous closeups. It is a spectacular display of virtuosity, but seldom very real or deeply moving or quite subservient to the Moor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: One Man's Moor | 2/4/1966 | See Source »

...Settle. The Chargers ranked No. 1 in the league both in total offense and total defense. They had the A.F.L. 's top passer in Quarterback John Hadl, the top rusher (1,121 yds.) in Halfback Paul Lowe, the best pass receiver in Flanker Lance Alworth, and a monstrous (276 Ibs. per man) defensive line anchored by the biggest man in football: 6-ft. 9-in., 315-lb. Ernie Ladd. What's more, they had already clobbered the Bills once this season, 34-3. The odds makers made San Diego a 6½-point favorite. "According to the newspapers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pro Football: The Game Nobody Saw | 1/7/1966 | See Source »

...Their Flying Machines, a nostalgic, slapstick, visual comedy closely followed by Cat Ballon, with Lee Marvin in a sidesplitting parody of all the drunken, woolly bad 'uns ever portrayed. For sheer horror it was Repulsion, by Poland s young Roman Polanski, the new master of the monstrous. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold was the spy thriller to end all spy thrillers-and perhaps about time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: THE YEARS BEST, OR, THERE IS ROOM AT THE TOP | 12/31/1965 | See Source »

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