Word: pedanticism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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It was a good joke, eliciting a chuckle from the audience. But even more, it was symbolic: gone were the staid, pedantic sermons of the aging Joe Restic, and in were the Leno-like one-liners of a young, vibrant coach on the rise.
Touted as "part biography, part memoir, part critical study, and part exploration of sexual politics in our time," Erica Jong on Henry Miller is indeed a jumble of attitudes and voices--some sentimental, some pedantic. Jong's original intention in writing the book was to chronicle her friendship with Henry...
Among the rest of the solid supporting cast, Marian Berger gave an unusual but excellent performance as the pedantic Holofernes and Catherine Robe was absolutely perfect as the ditzy country wench Jaquenetta.
Both Yoo and Levinson commented on the attractive diversity of the music they will play. The first half, said Yoo, will be "more serious," and boasts a Beethoven sonata in G major and a Franck sonata in A Major. After giving a vigorous interpretation of the familiar classics, the pair...
Unfortunately, it did his art no good. Bellows went for the pedantic structure and managed to annul the immediate and visceral character of his best work. Hence the generally tedious commissioned portraits and the stilted "refinement" of his late salon pieces like Two Women, 1924. His labored attempts at old...