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Kohl's most endearing trait is his straight-forward, bluntly honest voice--one might surmise that after thirty years experience with school-age children, the author's gift for clearing out needless discourse has been honed to a razor's edge. Simple diction, while vital for pedantry, has its drawbacks in the modern non-fiction market: every once in a while Kohl's hand can be felt patting the reader on the head, as if recruiting another kindergartner into his throngs of supporters. This is not to say that condescension (if it can be called such) is not totally displeasing...
...have only one mild word of protest. I am not, as you have twice stated in your columns, the original, or part-original, of Larry in Maugham's The Razor's Edge. I can stand a good deal of kidding from my friends, but this rumor has poisoned my life for the past six months, and I wish it would die as quickly as possible. CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD Santa Monica, Calif...
...fresh, dead-on and perfectly timed. From the miscellaneous tortured souls ("What did you do?" "I invented aluminum siding") in the netherworld to its wonderfully nefarious ruler ("I ran a Hollywood studio for two years, but you can't trust those people"), Allen's pen bleeds snappy oneliners and razor-sharp satire. If only the preceding hour of the film had been as enjoyable...
...homeless person reported that her boyfriend slashed her thighs with a razor at about...
Lumet is not at all new to the directing game. He proved that he had the ability to make a razor-sharp satire with Network, and showed that he could tell intensely compelling stories with films as diverse as 12 Angry Men and Dog Day Afternoon. So how did the pro go wrong...