Word: offbeaters
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...thin ones would have little to worry about. But the interpretation, "A fat cannibal king with two pregnant women," says Holtzman, "is rich with hostility toward women." A schizophrenic response: "Those things on the side look like charred tree trunks-only they're pregnant." A single offbeat response to a single inkblot, says Dr. Holtzman. "leaves the psychologist up in the air. You may have a guy who suppresses Charles Addams tendencies under a peaceful exterior, or he may really be a peaceful little guy who has a Charles Addams imagination. And that isn't bad. Because...
...View from the Bridge. Arthur Miller's attempt to find Greek tragedy in cold-water Flatbush errs in concept but succeeds in details. Raf Vallone is memorable as a stevedore with an offbeat Oedipus complex...
...There is something about these children," says one satisfied mother. "There is honesty and kind directness. They don't dissemble or try to be adults. And they don't giggle." The kids themselves are passionately loyal to their offbeat school. "When I left," says one old girl, "I just couldn't find anything to talk about to other kids. They didn't think about anything...
...View from the Bridge. Arthur Miller's attempt to find Greek tragedy in cold-water Flatbush errs in concept but succeeds in details. Raf Vallone is memorable as a stevedore with an offbeat Oedipus complex...
Cleared Throat. At midnight comes one of radio's strangest and longest shows. Long John Nebel is on until 5 a.m. with a herd of beat and offbeat guests-flying-saucer spotters, clairvoyants, steam-locomotive buffs, all single-mindedly devoted to their own idiosyncrasies. Nebel greets the dawn undaunted by the knowledge that his audience of loyal fans consists mainly of insomniacs, night-blooming necromancers, and hash slingers in all-night diners. After Long John, the station clears its throat with a half-hour of music called Sunrise Serenade before John A. Gambling begins another garrulous...