Word: role
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...with a heavy face and a self-confident, nearly smug air. But he becomes defensive when he talks about Chicago, and it is obvious that he has become sensitive to criticism about his role there...
...over America people came to the conclusion that the television networks--in particular NBC and CBS--had not been fair in reporting the events in Chicago.... Needless to say, it was not the role of television to side with the officials of the City of Chicago or the Chicago Police Department.... But, by the same token, it was not the role of television to be the ideological allies of the mob. It was not television's role to slant the news day after day in favor of the revolutionaries and against the elected representatives of the people and the police...
Even though the secondary lines of suspense are lost (such as the battle between the hoods for the superior role in their relationship), I must give Arnold credit for playing the main plot line to the hilt...
...particularly helped by his own performance as the Indian, a role that fortunately does not relate much to the more subtle aspects of the play and therefore can exist in full force within this production...
...striking revolutionary, however, is John Paul Russo, who plays the role of an intellectual doomed for his beliefs in a repressive society with impressive dignity...