Word: references
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Democratic gubernatorial primary. He lost, tried and lost again in 1955, finally won in 1959. The secret of his success: as the most outspoken racist among all Mississippi's segregationist politicians, Barnett won the support of the state's powerful white Citizens' Councils. Most Mississippi politicians refer to Negroes as "niggras" in public speeches; Barnett unfailingly called them "niggers," drew cheers, chuckles -and votes-from rural audiences. In his inaugural speech he declared that public education in the state "must be kept segregated at all costs." That was one political promise he really meant to live...
...roles. Cole is the comic Cockney--very much so; and Tigar's beatific moronic grin makes him much the most memorable of Captain Brassbound's crew. [Not that the rest are inadequate: one of the others is quite first rate, although I inadvertently ignored him first time round. I refer, of course, to Donald Lyons, who gives us an again Bright Young Thing going to seed at just the proper rate of speed. The Captain himself, alas, is not so memorable. Terrence Currier has taken over the role; and though he certainly looks a proper Black Pete, his voice gets...
...refer to the assumption held by some that Radcliffe would soon fade indistinguishably into Harvard but this was cited only to introduce my reasons for believing that the present organization of Radcliffe as a vigorous woman's college within the University has valuable potentialities which it would be most unfortunate to lose...
...rightly, think are funny. Carroll Baker is a girl on the way up; Van Johnson is a man of a certain amount of principle who follows along for a certain distance. The dialogue is studded with the kind of cracks that only canned TV audiences find funny. Californians refer to San Francisco as "Frisco." How, one muses, does a show like this ever reach Boston, let alone Broadway...
...Last year at Marienbad" operates by suggestion, confronting the viewer with a series of images that force him to refer to his own experience. Thus the film takes on a distinct and unique meaning for each individual viewer...