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...learned that the possession of nuclear bombs can serve as a deterrent to the U.S. At least during the cold war we had two superpowers in opposition whose fear of each other made for peace for everyone, but today danger lurks everywhere, especially in buses and on the subway. Osato Odiase London
...serve as a deterrent to the U.S. The world is a divided and unsafe place. At least during the cold war we had two superpowers in opposition whose fear of each other made peace for everyone, but today danger lurks everywhere, especially in buses and on the subway. Osato Odiase London
Thus it was an odd sight to see not one but ten Lucia Chases onstage at the close of a three-hour show that mixed short excerpts and pas de deux with bows by beloved former dancers like Irina Baronova, Muriel Bentley, Sono Osato, Nora Kaye, Annabelle Lyon, Violette Verdy. Against a deeply shadowed backdrop, Chase seemed to appear in her old roles: actually dancers were costumed as the young girl who dances the prelude in Les Sylphides, the greedy virgin in Three Virgins and a Devil, the doll in Petrouchka, the Columbine in Carnaval, the eldest sister in Pillar...
...comedians, and pompous executives. It also fizzled occasionally with some of Allen at his worst, e.g., a leaden slapstick routine kidding TV consultants. By the time he was ready to wind up the program with a familiar traveling salesman version of Carmen, Allen had brought on Guest Stars Sono Osato, Risë Stevens and Monty Woolley, had put on half a dozen sly lampoons and proved himself as fine a mugger as he is an ad-libber...
...Chico, head of the working bandits, J. Carroll Naish does a fine eye-rolling caricature of the stock "Mexican general." He is greased-up, bulb-nosed, and hidden by eyebrows and mustache heavy enough to make a hair shirt. The dancers (Ricardo Montalban, Sono Osato, Ann Miller, Cyd Charisse) are easy to watch. The Technicolor makes the white horses and blue skies look wonderful, and most of the actors feverish...