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...absurd refusal to concede that the very people that he is continually attacking don't really hate him. Marshall Frady, in his new biography of Wallace, describes Wallace's pathetic efforts to convince Alabama Negroes to support him, or at least to convince himself that they did: at one ponit, Wallace is quoted as telling a group of Negro educators, just before the 1966 campaign for governor, "Now I get out speakin' to folks, don't pay any attention to what I say, 'cause I'm gonna have to fuss at y'all. But I don't mean...

Author: By David I. Bruck, | Title: Flying High And... ...Low With Wallace | 10/31/1968 | See Source »

...such as the Ricketts drawings, however, to the profundity of the masters' graphics, one sees that the influence of Art Nouveau on their style was only slight and, as regards content, the decorative school had no significant impact on either Munch or Lautrec. In short, there is no real ponit for their being exhibited...

Author: By Ian Strasfogel, | Title: Art Nouveau | 6/1/1959 | See Source »

...plunging into the jungle. The emperor bursts on stage, confident and arrogant, but already tired of running. The fear and disintegration seen in Jones on his frantic flight is echoed remorselessly by the ceaseless native drums, coming louder and closer and faster until, finally, Jones is shot. At this ponit, it might have been stronger and better balanced for O'Neill's abridger to end his play, but he leaves the original ending--light enters the stage, civilization is introduced in the form of a skeptical white trader...

Author: By Larry Hartmann, | Title: The Emperor Jones and Purification | 12/7/1956 | See Source »

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