Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Using every trick of the trade, including the bandwagon effect, vague, honeyed generalizations, and half-truths, Professor Friedrich moulded the public opinion of Concord in perfect text-book style. He had them eating out of Cherington's hand...
...even greater one by contrast-fair as a star when only one is shining in a show. He repeats his floppy Wizard of Oz scarecrow dance; he wickedly burlesques ballroom dancers; and in the show's and the season's most fetching solo act, he does a perfect soft-shoe routine while poking delightful...
Dickery by Dock. Danny's repertory is filled with tongue twisters. In Lady in the Dark, his perfect diction and voice control wowed Broadway as he rattled off the names of 50 Russian composers in Ira Gershwin's lyric for Tschaikowsky, singing in 40 seconds...
...Perfect Figaro. These vocal varieties call for a versatile voice. Danny has it. It is a high baritone, with a two-octave range. He can impersonate an Italian baritone, bleat like an Irish tenor, mimic a coloratura soprano (almost reaching high C) or plead like a Slavic gypsy singer with basso profundo and schmalz...
...much amused as I am moved." British Cinema Producer Gabriel Pascal (Caesar & Cleopatra, etc.) wanted Kaye to play Macbeth. The Metropolitan Opera's director, Edward Johnson, proclaimed Danny the perfect Figaro-if only he had an operatic voice...