Word: pleas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps Fellini, who like his stars is in his 60s, is copping a generational plea: "Our kitsch is better than your kitsch." Maybe he means for us to see the faltering but brave Amelia and Pippo as surrogates for himself, still worthy of sober interest, maybe even moral admiration, although the headlines now go to younger directorial stars. Certainly he insists on pumping out more of the "Felliniesque," his trademark blend of the grotesque and the surreal, than we need to get his point that TV is vulgar and coarsening. More moving is his presentation of two carefully imagined archetypes...
...pitifully dispirited turtles, all that is left is to witness the two thieves' metamorphosis, of course, never overstated. After Neara and Snow regain their long-lost youthful courage by plotting the theft, Snow turns to Harriet one day in their bookshop and compliments her on her dress. No emotional plea, or philosophic soliloquy. Just a couple of kind words and a coy blush from Harriet...
...them. When foreign ministers and finance chiefs from five major debtors--Brazil ($104 billion), Mexico ($97 billion), Argentina ($49 billion), Venezuela ($32 billion) and Peru ($14 billion)--gathered late in the week near the Uruguayan seaside resort of Punta del Este for an emergency meeting, they drafted an urgent plea for more lenient terms from Western banks...
...rushes on in a black negligee to prepare for the arrival of her date; but as he is late she passes the time by relating the saga of her life. Since the play ends with the date's arrival, I would say that Lady's overall message is a plea for punctuality...
...article accurately cites my plea for education about the disease. Such education is needed so that well-reasoned decisions based on accurate information may be reached. This task will require a thoughtful effort, for as the description of the Cambridge Forum presentation illustrates, a call for reason may be easily mistranslated by an over-eager and sensation-seeking press. William Haseltine...