Word: pedestrian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Even were Graham alive, he would most probably not tell. He delighted in shrouding his life and art in mystery. Nor is the rediscovery of John Graham based on any reassessment of his artistic ability. He remains, at best, only a fair draftsman and a thoroughly pedestrian stylist. Nonetheless, his wild-eyed subjects possess considerable appeal for the public that has recently developed an interest in astrology, numerology and other forms of mysticism. Graham, who thought of himself as an eccentric loner, often said that his work was not intended to be beautiful, but to convey information about the occult...
There are two basic ways to do pedestrian Shakespeare. One could be described as the old-fashioned heavy classical method the Old Vic employed splendidly in the 1950's; although no surprises reward the attentive eye of an audience, it's Shakespeare and it's all there. The second method is the flagrantly interpretive stylized re-think so many directors feel essential nowadays when taking-on the bard...
...wedding ceremony. The relative innocence of the five men is established quickly, so Julie's singular passion could appear unreasonable were we not given insight into her character, a share in her reactions, through point-of-view. Truffaut's desire is to create a moral ambiguity with regard to pedestrian questions of good and evil: we are not allowed to judge either Julie or her victims guilty or innocent and can only concentrate on the chilling mechanics of Julie's bitterly romantic quest...
When landscaping is completed in June on a pedestrian mall, students will be able to cross from the Yard to labs and classrooms across Cambridge Street without disturbing the flow of traffic...
...score had a disquieting "family resemblance" to his previous work and that only by abjuring the musical comedy form altogether could he progress as a composer. Gilbert, characteristically less concerned with posterity, was nonetheless so moved by his collaborator's threats and supplications that he put aside the pedestrian libretto on which he was working to write what eventually was produced as the Mikado...