Word: puritans
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...creating a middle ground, somewhere between the simplistic views of his audience and the kind of complexity that never works on stage except in Shakespeare. Shaffer's portrayal of Strang's parents reveal him at his weakest. The father is a self-proclaimed atheist and Marxist, but a sternly Puritan advocate of the work ethic, who, it turns out, is also a patron of dirty movies. The mother is an indulgent Christian who takes the first opportunity to renounce any responsibility she may bear for her son's condition: Alan was a fine boy until the Devil came along...
...mighty young, and hasn't yet really won his spurs. I keep getting the feeling that [President emeritus Nathan M.] Pusey was viewed as a stern Puritan who could raise money and handle things. The fact that he failed in crucial times at the latter was the beginning of a malaise which was transferred to his successor...
...retrospective in the U.S., organized by the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo. The Albright-Knox is the only museum in America to have systematically collected his work; other institutions, like Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art, have all but ignored this superb but very un-American stylistic puritan. The show is large-44 sculptures, 120 paintings and graphics-and it goes to the Los Angeles County Museum on Dec. 17, finishing in San Francisco next April. What is more, it is a revelation...
Brown, meanwhile, is coasting to what he expects to be an easy victory in November. Still well ahead in the polls, he schedules almost no appearances before noon. Last week he was once again ignoring Flournoy as he attacked more inviting targets. With puritan outrage, he assailed as a modern-day Taj Mahal the new $1.3 million Governor's mansion that is being built at the same time that Reagan vetoed a $500 million housing bond issue. Flournoy supported the housing program, but his moderate views on the issues-not very far removed from Brown...
...Victorians look like Linda Lovelace in drag. The State Fuzz promised to bust the show once the new laws were passed, and because policemen always keep their word, they busted it again and again and again. The shows producers decided to try to comply with the state's puritan tastes and removed the "open and gross lewdness," but no sooner did they do that than Cambridge began to give them heat on fire code violations. So Theater Two, finally getting the message, finally closed up shop. The two plays weren't great, but they were all Cambridge had in avant...