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Participation is no problem in the small (pop. 13,000) town of Miguel Pereira. Conference Leader de Almeida, a plump, fiftyish woman who radiates a sort of friendly simplicity, is not only the mother of four and wife of the local barber, but also the town's full-time mayor. Since her election in 1970, after four terms as a city councilwoman, Brazilians have been startled to discover that they have not only a woman mayor in their midst but an entire town that is run-and run well-by a female administration. That administration came about largely...
...with baggage-a total of 20,000 Ibs. The Concorde, however, is likely to be a businessmen's jet, since they will be among the few people willing to pay up to $975 for a round trip. Because business travelers are adults, usually males, and often plump, the assumed average weight of 200 Ibs. with baggage seems optimistic...
Ruby, on the other hand, was written in part by its actors, who are all non-professionals. They worked on the script along with 29-year-old writer-director Dick Bartlett, Ruby is a lady busdriver, plump, grey, going on fifty--a perfect target for cheap humor. She does her route mornings and afternoons and has the use of the bus for the rest of the day. Her husband, Clifford, lives in a wheelchair and spends his time making fudge on the kitchen stove. He travels through the town on his wheelchair stopping at every house like a mailman...
...star is plump and voluptuous Patricia Covich, a freshman from Emerson college who is making her dramatic debut with Brel. She can turn from a light number to give serious pieces like "My Death" or "Sons of ---" more than their native depths. In between she is a bubbly personality who cannot seem to suppress her enjoyment as if it were her first prom, instead of her first job. Rochman's performance was just as powerful if a bit more self-conscious. "Put the best sheets on the bed, Mathilde's come back to me!" he shouts in an exotic number...
...friend, Kitty a girl in and office, who told me that her mother had filed her flat with old newspapers and other treasures she had scavenged and couldn't bear to throw away. I met her once--a plump, stooped-over little woman: It was hard to believe she had ever borne anything so young and vital as Kitty. The mother told me how she had once found and entire box of Lyons tea-cakes--"and not touched, not even opened, mind you"--on her way to visit Kitty. She called Kitty over to attest to how good...