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...consistent tone can be imparted to a play that juxtaposes the somber drum roll of the Kennedy funeral cortege with such inane Shakespearean mutations as "Oh whine and pout/ That ever I was born to bury doubt." But MacBird's basic flaw is that Playwright Garson is a frivolous, scattershot satirist who has no moral vision of her own to counterpose whatever might be regarded as evil in her characters. She has written an apolitical play in which all choices seem silly. The Ken O'Duncs are presented as chilly, ruthless opportunists; MacBird is a mixture of corn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Mangy Terrier | 3/3/1967 | See Source »

...right arch of leg or arm to drag comedy out of stage direction. Sara Salisbury plays Daisy, the secretary in Berenger's office, and she looks like a secretary, which is some achievement in Cambridge. Miss Salisbury has the good sense not to overdo her girlishness and pucker-pout...

Author: By Charles F. Sabel, | Title: Rhinoceros | 12/10/1966 | See Source »

...underneath all that jargon about repression and frustration and absurdity Tom and Teena really do have feelings and are just scared shitless. As one character so subtly puts it. So we learn in the end that Tom can bawl like the kid he is at heart and Teena can pout and whimper like the bourgeois wife she wants to be. And when that baby comes along, oh Mama, they're so happy and thrilled and in love that you could just cry and cry. You see, life had to teach them something -- that they can't run away from themselves...

Author: By John Williams, | Title: Family Things, Etc | 7/15/1965 | See Source »

...district." The results were often warm and whimsical. Windows and archways open onto rocky landscapes typical of the region. His Saviour is not the emaciated, sublimely anguished figure of his colleagues, but pasta-fed and plump, his saints more spirited than spiritual. His chubby cherubs often pout like naughty children; in St. Anthony of Padua they hold up a garland from a lemon tree which then, as now, grew on the shores of nearby Lake Garda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Painting: In His Own Dialect | 7/9/1965 | See Source »

...Pout, Curse, Hurl. For the first time in years, the U.S.'s top-seeded player has some sturdy new seedlings to back him up. In the third-ranked slot, behind McKinley and Emerson, is Denny Ralston, 21, of Bakersfield, Calif. When Ralston is good, he is very, very good. When he is bad, he pouts, curses, hurls rackets and tortures himself with despair. On top of his form, this year he has won the national indoor singles and doubles, the national intercollegiate singles and doubles, and his share of the Davis Cup matches against Mexico. At his worst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tennis,Rodeos: New Seedlings | 9/6/1963 | See Source »

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