Word: patheticism
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Thanks for your May 18 story about Christopher Draper, England's "Mad Major.'' True, a rather pathetic tale of stunt flying, but let's give the old boy his due - once upon a time he was the Bill Bridgeman [TIME, April 27] of his day.
Then came defeat. Communist regulars counterattacked, sent the Nationalists reeling back to their Burmese lairs. "It was bitterly pathetic," said Li. "Most of my men had no arms. Some sneaked back to their farms to wait for another chance, some took jobs on the Burmese government highway projects. Others were...
In The Echo and the Nemesis, a girl who has eaten her way to elephantine size makes up pathetic stories about a lovely dead sister who never existed. The sister, of course, is herself "dead, dead and buried under layers and layers of fat." The huge girl is ill and...
The direction, also by Tutchings, has been more successful than his acting. The play an adaptation of Henry James' Washington Square, has added more color to James' pastel novella. The people are stronger, and Catherine undergoes a more major change. Tutchings has handled this well. The lighting, costumes, and Miss...
Miss Booth's performance is, of course, the highlight of the film. A strangely static character, Lola passively reacts to the hell around her but never really comprehends it. With wistful comfort from a distant but remembered past, she plods through the present listlessly, leaving her hair-brush on the...