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...olden days, as Cole Porter put it, a glimpse of a stocking was something quite shocking. Nowadays the exposed human form has become such a big part of show business that hardly any thing is startling. Just boring - as two show-biz flops amply illustrate...
...Sacre bleus," but who else could it provoke? Even the Lampoon's toothless progenitor, Punch, doesn't shy away from talking politics. Nor should the Lampoon, which never takes a stand, never catches you unawares, never makes you drop your jaw and the magazine at an outrageous line. In olden days, jesters felt obliged to insult monarchs. It is time that the Lampoon lived up to its cap and bells...
Maureen Forrester didn't mind. She long ago resigned herself to the fact that, woe unto her, the contralto in opera is the unsung singer. Of the precious few roles available to the contralto, most are skimpy caricatures of degenerate kings-roles written in olden times for castrati-or "the other woman." "In opera," she says, "the high-frequency voice has it. A contralto has to sing the whole night before anyone is impressed." It is just as well. Forrester is 5 ft. 9 in. and weighs 180 Ibs.; there are not many male singers who could make...
...Broadway PETERPAT, by Enid Rudd. In olden days, man fought Tyrannosaurus rex; nowadays he battles Tyrannosaurus regina-his wife...
...Broadway PETERPAT, by Enid Rudd. In olden days man fought Tyrannosaurus rex; nowadays he battles Tyrannosaurus regina -his wife. With Dick Shawn and Joan Hackett deftly handling the key roles, this wry, observant comedy argues with cogency that marriage is funny as hell...