Word: precisionism
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OLIVER. A gleaming Christmas package of a musical. Dickens' reformist outrage is gone, but in its place are some lovely period costumes, some excellent songs by Lionel Bart and a collection of perfectly stunning sets designed by John Box. Carol Reed directs a large cast (including Ron Moody, Shani...
The language transpositions from the Greek lack eloquence, spareness or precision, and the contemporary colloquialisms iar the ear. Lines like "You mean you intend to kill your mother?" produce wildly inappropriate laughter from an audience saturated with Freud. The prevailing style of the evening is that of neo-Shakespearean swashbuckling...
LUCIA Dl LAMMERMOOR (Seraphim: 2 LPs). Recognition first came to Maria Callas for her voice, and her voice alone. This reissue of a recording made at the 1953 Florence Festival documents the origin of her reputation as one of the finest dramatic sopranos in opera history. Her voice then had...
Of the two published this year, Lunar Caustic is easily the better work. Reminiscent of both The Enormous Room and Naked Lunch, it easily surpasses both of these novels in control and precision of detail.
At number three, Michel Schienmann was not as fortunate. Schienmann rallied back from a 2-1 disadvantage to take the fourth game, 15-12. However, in the fifth game he tried too many precision shots and seemed unwilling to play long points, waiting for an opening.