Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This is not a facetious answer. Take the "No" part of it first. "South Pacific" is not "really that good" because like all shows, it is not perfect. For one thing, Oscar Hammerstein II has succumbed to a fit of moralizing for a few minutes in the second act, and although it is only a passing fit, one that is practically flippant compared with the attack that laid "Allegro" low, it is nonetheless a blotch, a mar, a flaw. And the song that does most of the moralizing, called "You've Got To Be Taught"--the full line...
...these objections are nothing against the impact of the total show. There is so much beauty in "South Pacific," so much humor, so many convincing characters, so many honest scenes, and such a solid story, that even if it isn't perfect, it seems to be. You can poke around and find faults easily enough; but the show affects you so that you don't feel like doing it. In other words, "South Pacific" adds up to a great evening in the theater...
Charley Gray, like so many others of Mr. Marquand's fine, upstanding young men, is nevertheless a pretty cold fish. He does the right thing at the right time, has perfect control over his emotions, and never makes mistakes; one gets the impression that while he may feel himself caught in the rat-race of modern business society it is for him the most suitable of all possible ruts...
Since a flying hockey puck travels a good deal faster than the human body, a topflight goalie needs the knack of being in the right place at the right time. It also helps to have perfect balance, knowledge of the tactics of the opponent streaking down-ice toward the net and a thoughtfully padded uniform. In the National Hockey League, the man who seemed to combine the necessary qualities better than anybody else this season was Toronto-born William Ronald ("Big Bill") Durnan, 34-year-old veteran of the Montreal Canadiens...
...Wreath of Roses is not the "perfect novel" that she has confessed she would like to write, but it contains three extremely well-drawn characters: two young women and a baby. Confidantes and friends . from girlhood, Camilla Hill and Liz Nicholson are spending their summer holiday together again in an old village, full of gardens which ooze sunny peace as a honeycomb oozes honey. Liz's new baby creates all kinds of subtle estrangements, hilarities and tensions. A more serious tension arises when a handsome young stranger arrives at the local inn; though Camilla knows that he is dangerous...