Word: resistent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While inspiring laughter, the production provokes serious reflection about Murray's valiant fight to resist society. Murray tells Sandy at one point during the play that he will only go as a tourist to reality. He wants to pass on this spirit to Nick, to ensure that he continues to pinpoint hypocrisy and absurdity. Nick should never become one of the "dead people," unthinking and unfeeling. Murray's struggle helps to remind us of the necessity to avoid joining the ranks of the dead. If one must compromise, it must be knowingly and reluctantly...
...MANY WAYS, Marcel Camus's Black Orpheus was a revelation for American audiences. Surrounding a Greek myth with the swirling colors of a Brazilian carnival made the story completely universal; Camus's film gave the tragedy new depth, and audiences could not resist its graceful sadness...
...size that is superior. Carle has designed the book to fit the tale: as the heroine meets larger animals, the pages grow in size. None of the confrontations manage to sweeten the insect's disposition. That transformation is accomplished by powers that neither ladybug nor reader can resist: hunger and exhaustion...
...better resist, yourself. Put on the brakes. Be Careful...
...much did the African independence help to alleviate our suffering? Did the African independence revitalize the deteriorating situation left by the colonialists? The answer is no. The independent African leaders have failed just like the colonialists. They have betrayed their good intentions because they could not resist the tempting situation that Africa gave them. Most of the leaders were incompetent. Their governments were surrounded by blatant extravagance that did not benefit the man in the street...