Word: properly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...school administrator, "they also become instant theologians, politicians, writers and city planners." They apply highly theoretical formulas to civic problems and arrogantly demand results. At the county headquarters each winter, when snow threatens, there is a learned controversy, sometimes complete with flow charts and probability curves, over the proper way to salt the perilous roads running down into the canyons...
...Since the imminent deportation proceedings are meant expressly as a means of exerting political pressure on a foreign government and hence are unrelated to any permanent concern over the proper enforcement of the immigration laws, they represent a classic case of bending the legal system to suit the prevailing political mood...
Nothing goes right in this film except for Pacino--who has enough energy to handle eight cases, watch his partner go insane and take a fellow lawyer to bed. There are no sane judges, no rational lawyers, and no "proper" verdicts. There are, however, rapes--both heterosexual and homosexual--pornographic pillars, political corruption and nervous breakdowns. Yes, the innocent and contrite are abused and the evil go free. Only Pacino's performance saves And Justice for All from what must be the worst script Hollywood has ever produced...
...PROBLEM WITH Lysistrata is that it's just not ready. The rewritten script, while something of an affront to Aristophanes, could work, given time and proper direction. There's talent on that Winthrop stage, but it has not yet been polished into a presentable production. The actors all have their lines down; now it's time to start working on delivery and blocking. Perhaps they should go back into rehearsal and open again in April...
...Follette is sometimes too subdued, Jerauld is all too often not subtle enough. She plays the prim, proper and meddlesome Sarah with a repertoire of grandiose and stereotypical gestures and inflections. Except for her garden conversation with Ruth, most of Jerauld's performance is forced and contrived. Prum, on the other hand, turns in a controlled, clearly delineated and uniformly excellent portrayal of Sarah's husband...