Word: naturedness
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These are fearsome warnings and, fortunately, Jaguaribe's bark is worse than his bite. His good-natured pragmatism allows him to appreciate more than one point of view. He smiles, even after his most militant pronouncements. "I realize your country's concern for national interest," he says simply, "You have...
BABES IN THE WOOD. The Globe never saw anything like Rick Besoyan's loose musical adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Its good-natured brashness provides a pleasant evening for lovers of light, spoofy theater.
Berry's forte is good-natured whimsy and a talent for deft deflation that is particularly effective when he sights in on his folksy cartoon image of Lyndon Johnson. His approach contrasts sharply with the generally aggressive comment of his cartoonist colleagues. "We get enough of the angry stuff...
See Cover His head bowed, his face lined with weariness and worry, the President of the U.S. sat glumly on the dais in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria. To his right and to his left, white-tied politicians traded good-natured gibes in the spirit of the Al...
Beneath all the heady good-natured nonsense, A Country Scandal hints at personal tragedies and deplores the empty hypocrisy of country life. The dissolute socialites act like buffoons but they live an aimless "puppet existence" in "a hell of vulgarity and disillusionment." Their barbarous antics hide frustrated ambitions and a...