Word: patheticism
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Who's a Stiff? Buckley contemptuously dismissed Reform Challenger Bingham, 50, as a "punk" and a "big stiff." At one point, he chortled, "Jonathan-now what kind of a name is that for The Bronx? And look at his middle name-Brewster-isn't that pathetic?" Bingham indeed...
Sir: I am outraged at your article likening Balanchine's Ballet to a jewel and comparing it to the Russian Ballet or the Royal Ballet. Balanchine's product is neither beautiful nor profound. It certainly is pathetic that a theatrical product that is morbid and depressing should open...
Fact or Fiction? Perhaps it is better to read the book as fiction; Hemingway recommends just that in an introduction where he says, ironically, that it "may throw some light on what has been written as fact." Take his account of Scott Fitzgerald. The indictment-by-anecdote is irresistibly funny...
Although his themes are hollowness and banality, Pinter never gets boring or inane. Symbols constantly tempt the imagination. The pathetic small talk that dominates his dialogue generates a grotesque humor. While Pinter's characters chatter the same phrases over and over, his plays take on a futility that makes them...
Stealing the show is Andy Teuber, who hams up Dick Deadeye into a major part. Teuber can't sing, but he hisses his way through a superb rendition of "The Merry Maiden and the Tar" with the Captain (Bruce Renshaw). Teuber's versatility is remarkable; the pathetic figure he makes...