Word: portrayer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...film about women's liberation. But nice is unfortunately all. Yes, it does tell the story of two likeable and very different women, a wild-haired non-conformist pop singer (Valerie Mairess) and a reserved, soulful-eyed young mother (Therese Liotard) devoted to her two children. Yes, it does portray the lasting, supportive friendship between the two in a way that few films have examined women's relationships before, since movies have largely been a man's medium and most male directors don't have that experience to draw on. And yes, it does convey a valuable message in demonstrating...
...another of his Jewish intellectual heroes wrestling with sex and guilt, Roth enhances his reputation as one of the most consistently readable authors now at work. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. In her third and best novel, the author weaves a complex fable of power and magic to portray a young black man's reconciliation with his past...
Today Dreyfuss can have almost any part he wants. He is currently playing a hookah-smoking private eye in Jeremy Kagan's The Big Fix, and next spring he will portray a ruthless director in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz. With what sounds almost like resignation, he admits to being content. Friends say that Lucinda, a Puerto Rican who worked as a TV researcher, has brought a new stability to his life. After six weeks on a liquid protein diet, this former junk-food addict-"I still dream of Twinkies," he sighs-has even lost his famous...
Many White House observers, such as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, portray Nixon in this final period as a man verging on suicide or nervous breakdown, at times incapable of dealing with potential threats to national security. Episodes of Richard Nixon, jabbering incoherently, or talking to paintings of past presidents at night in the White House have been widely reported. On the basis of his own first-hand observations, Price says he rejects these reports of Nixon as "being bonkers" during the final weeks of his presidency. Because of Nixon's unique ability to "departmentalize and compartmentalize" issues and ideas...
...about half-way through the encounter scenes of the two lovers-to-be, one begins to have serious doubts about the movie. Caroline, the girl Elgin falls in love with, is played by Susan Dey--former member of the Partridge Family--who does a decent job, considering she must portray one of those vague people who consistently has trouble figuring out what it is all about...