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Richier rejects the suggestion her work is morbid. Says she: "I merely try to see below the surface of things." As an example she points to Tauromachy (see opposite), in which the sculptress has interposed a preview of destiny between the viewer and the bullfighter enjoying his moment of triumph. Explains Richier: "He killed the bull, but he knows he too is going to die some day." By taking her inspiration from the forms the clay suggests as she works, Germaine Richier has opened the door to subconscious promptings which French critics find "disturbing, irritating, but teeming with life...
...might also be possible to argue that the play could use a different leading man. Barry Sullivan, in the role of the police lieutenant, blurs some of the finer tones of a complex and potentially almost tragic character. A paradoxical mixture of physical strength, heroism, and of nearly morbid sensitivity, the lieutenant is driven to break South Africa's iron law by the frigidity of his wife and a lack of understanding on the part of his father. Sullivan's portrayal of the man's strength is clear and impressive, but his weaknesses appear as if they were brought...
Intellect as Passion. Shaw left no children and "expressed regret that his marriage had been fruitless." The fact was, says Biographer Ervine, that Charlotte Payne-Townshend had a morbid "horror of sexual relations." But no man ever had a better helpmate than Charlotte. When she died in 1943, Shaw became "hysterical" with sorrow, shedding tears one moment and trying to sing the next...
Best of the lot is NBC's Ernie Kovacs Show (Mon. 8 p.m., E.D.T., replacing Caesar's Hour), an erratic, off-beat comedy hour during which Kovacs may become Pierre Ragout, French raconteur; Uncle Gruesome, specialist in bedtime stories for morbid children; or J. Walter Puppybreath, maker of untenable aphorisms. He may appear inside a bottle holding up an umbrella as rain pours in until he is completely submerged, or try to sell viewers on Lost beer, a nonexistent beverage, exhorting them to "Get Lost...
...typical successful TV comic is either Irish or Jewish, earns more money than the President of the U.S., and is likely to suffer from egomania, insomnia and, especially, vertigo-i.e., a morbid fear of falling from his high Nielsen rating. In a new book, The Funny Men (Simon & Schuster; $3-95), published this week, TV Comic Steve Allen, who labors to be funny five nights a week on NBC's Tonight, outlines the terrors of his trade and takes a measuring look at 16 of his competitors. Since he began work on the book...