Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Dean Archie Epps--though it may seem odd...
...movie seems to have borrowed its sense of humor from the '40s as well, with no attempt to update it. Every old gag in the book makes its way into the film. Safes fall out of windows and just miss unsuspecting pedestrians, people keep bumping into each other, the odd-tasting pot of beef stew turns out to have a shoe in it. These tired routines would be forgivable if Friedkin didn't seem so convinced that they were original, and worthy of painstaking treatment...
...traveling show has spawned a Tutglut of objets d'art, baubles and gewgaws. Among the more decorative (and authentic) memorabilia have been the 300-odd reproductions and adaptations designed and distributed by the Metropolitan Museum. They range from a $4.50 charm to a $2,000 gold statuette of the Standing King. Hieroglyphs, geometries and other Egyptian themes adorn jewelry, sheets, games, puzzles, rugs, glasses, ice buckets, stationery, scarves, trays, tote bags, hairdos, plates, pots and posters. Tutmania has also produced such vulgarities as T Shirts (HANDS OFF MY TUTS) and such culinary abominations as sphinxburgers...
...Olivia Parker (Godine; unpaginated; $15) is a welcome exception. Parker works on a small scale (none of her pictures exceeds 35 sq. in.) that invites close scrutiny and then rewards it. Her subjects are found objects, old photographs, tombstones, pages from books, articles of clothing, sometimes arranged in odd patterns, always rendered in silvery light that makes the old seem new. A favorite pattern is the juxtaposition of fruits or vegetables and constricting frames. Though such shots sometimes attract cute titles (Bosc in a Box), they tease the eye with tensions that seem the opposite of still life...
Early this month, Bowersock asked the Loeb staff to comment on Brustein's proposals. Since then, the administration has had no other contact with the staff, George E. Hamlin, producing director of the Loeb, said yesterday. "It is rather odd that the employed professional people haven't been consulted more fully," he added...