Word: moralisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...film has an interesting story to tell and some nice, if familiar, points to make about how circumstances can change, and change again, our definitions of who is good, who is bad. And there is something admirable about Lelouch's refusal to overdramatize the moral questions that he is examining. Yet in the end this hurts the film dramatically. There really is more here than meets the eye of this light-minded romantic, with his strongly developed taste for period décor and graceful camerawork. One may be a trifle tired of films and books that pore over...
...oriented-to display a sudden show of self-discipline and self-sacrifice in response to the President's plea? Popular reaction so far suggests that the answer is a plain no. After all, the American people until now have treated the energy crisis as though it were the moral equivalent of ants at a picnic...
Says Sol Gordon, director of the Institute for Family Research and Education at Syracuse University: "There's a highly moral trend among college students, influenced by the women's liberation movement. One of young people's primary interests is love-falling in love and getting married. That's a new phenomenon. For the first time in history, more people may be getting married just for love than for other reasons." Donald Johnson, psychologist at the University of Colorado, sees a similar trend. Says he: "The promiscuity concept is dying out like crazy. People are talking about...
...thing most Americans are ready to confess is that while they are talking more openly about sex, they are increasingly confused about the moral values involved. Fully 68% agreed with the statement that "it's a lot better to have more openness about things like sex, homosexuality, premarital and extramarital relations." But 61% felt that "it's getting harder and harder to know what's right and what's wrong these days." Of these people, whom the Yankelovich survey categorized as "morally confused," the highest incidence occurred among those over 50 (65%) and, surprisingly, among those...
Failing is an amibitious first effort, and it is precisely because it is so ambitious that it falls short of brilliance. Most young playwrights try to take on some vast, earth-shaking moral or social problem in their early efforts. Instead, Gallo tangles with a seemingly dead issue, that is, one man's struggle with personal demons-in his guilt, he believes he is partly responsible for the rise of Nazism. Although the twist in the plot is not revealed until the end of the play, it is rather easy to guess, which is not so much a flaw...