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...Durants are not original historians in the sense of having a particular slant on history, except for a broad humanistic sympathy. They do not view events through the prism of philosophy or economics or ideology. Their method is sometimes closer to journalism than to formal academic history. Yet in recent years the academic attacks on the Durants have diminished-perhaps partly because in the U.S. the writing of history in general has begun to free itself from the 19th century Germanic mold, in which color was suspect and wit was heresy...
Monday, October 2 THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). In the first of a two-part adven ture, Napoleon Solo (Robert Vaughn) and lllya Kuryakin (David McCallum) set out to steal "the thermal prism," a new weapon of mass destruction. Guest stars in "The Prince of Darkness Affair" include Bradford Dillman, Lola Albright, Carol Lynley...
...during the 45-minute film the viewers move from chamber to chamber, eye-witnessing a re-creation of the Greeks' Minotaur myth. At times, members of the audience see the movie as it flickers on a floor screen; at others, they watch it reflected in a mirrored-glass prism. They wind up in a near-psychedelic setting in which films are projected onto five different screens simultaneously. Another sure crowd pleaser is the Czechoslovakian Kino-automat, at which spectators themselves direct the film (see color opposite...
...months, HQ passed the acidhead test, grossed $11,000; Hopkins and Donohue expect to gross $50,000 in 1967. It is hard to see how they could lose money. Their rent is $225 a month, and more than half of their goods are on consignment. Among the Headquarters merchandise: prism spectacles that even without drugs make the world seem askew, roach clips (ornamental holders for "roaches," the butts of marijuana cigarettes) and Psychedelic Love Oil, a scented baby oil made by a local perfumer and priced to sell at $1.95 per bottle...
...dedicated drug user may have some use for the paraphernalia. But many shoppers who intend trying nothing stronger than a Bloody Mary find that the clashing, primary-colored psychedelic fabrics, the bold, wobbly colors of posters advertising Light Shows and the glittering kaleidoscopes and prism glasses offer them a vicarious if tantalizing hint of what the authentic acidhead sees when he is away on a trip...