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The people in this work do not bemoan their pathetic fates; they swallow the never-ending bits of bad news and go on, only to be rewarded sporadically with tiny, almost imperceptible, triumphs. The largest of these victories over rotten circumstances belongs to the shy daughter. Tillie, who successfully mounts...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: Theatre Atomic Flowers | 4/22/1971 | See Source »

In this case, three men were indicted for disturbing a temperance meeting by "coughing, laughing, whistling, and talking in a loud and boisterous manner." Their counsel argued that the statute should extend only to meetings authorized by law, such as school classes and town meetings, and not "to all the...

Author: By Martin Wishnatsky, | Title: The Sanders Incident and Legal History | 4/21/1971 | See Source »

For example: while an attempt is made in each issue to capture, in photo, people On the Street, there are also sections on cooking (what to-mostly organic-and how-like on a hotplate), camping (what to look for in a sleeping bag-answer: goose down), sewing, washing (hair and...

Author: By Gregg J. Kilday, | Title: The Counter-Culteha Consciousness I in Bellbottoms | 4/13/1971 | See Source »

What sustains the film is the aptness of individual scenes such as this one, where Saura touches the bitterly comic within the pathetic. But capitalist consciousness as a subject can fascinate for only so long. And there are moments when Saura seems to be groping for one more element to...

Author: By H. MICHAEL Levenson, | Title: Film The Garden of Delights at the Harvard Square Theatre | 3/25/1971 | See Source »

THE ACTING is in general very good. Peter Wright has successfully avoided playing Berenger as a pathetic little idealist who has somehow wandered into an Ionesco play and gives him dignity beneath the sloth. His sleepy Yogi the Bear voice is highly suited for the role and very appealing. The...

Author: By Sim Johnston, | Title: Theatre Rhinoceros at Quincy House, March 25, 26, 27 | 3/25/1971 | See Source »

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