Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Lukewarm Linguistics. Mme. Vienot, the proprietress of the chateau, belongs to an aristocratic clan that has seen richer days, though the Rhodeses do not immediately know that. Their room is pleasant, though not quite as advertised-there is no hot water, and when Barbara complains, a maid appears at odd hours with lukewarm basins. The Rhodeses find the countryside charming, but the people seem unaccountably chilly. Mme. Vienot is brisk, cheerless and not above padding a bill. Her aged mother sits through most of dinner in a glazed reverie. A millionaire guest tells the Rhodeses how much he enjoyed eating...
Archie Epp,s a tenor, was principal soloist of the evening, and he is as versatile as the Glee Club itself. Mr. Epps was required to sing both Mozart recitative and American spiritual; this he did very creditably. Frederick Ford, another tenor, whose voice is pleasant and relaxed if slightly husky, sang one of the evening's few folk songs...
Jomo has a personal stake in the struggle: his own freedom. Governor Renison -who once described Kenyatta as "a leader to darkness and death"-has agreed to move Jomo soon to a more pleasant location in the Kenya highlands, but still in confinement. In London, British Colonial Secretary Iain Macleod backed Renison's stand in Parliament...
...voice that seizes the listener -especially women. Out of the TV set it floats, low and pleasant, friendly and soothing, almost hypnotic. Behind it sits a sharply dressed, broad-shouldered six-footer, flashing smiles with neon-sign regularity and radiating a homeyness rarely found in homes. When the flow of words is finally finished, he looks straight into the listener's eyes and ends with a benison: "God bless you.'1 The man with the magic voice and manner is neither preacher, politician nor gunslinger-though he needs to be a good deal of each in his business...
...several indescribably dull moments. But it also has a good score (by Walter Moses), some remarkable choreography (by Bob Norris, who also directs admirably), and a number of very funny sight gags. This is sufficient to make Pro and Con what it is designed to be--a very pleasant evening in the theatre...