Word: roth
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...until 115 years after the first federal obscenity law was passed did the Supreme Court address itself directly to the constitutionality of such laws. Then, in the Roth case of 1957, it held them, in general, to be constitutional. "Obscenity is not within the area of constitutionally protected speech or press," the majority decided. And what is obscenity? A three-part test soon evolved: 1) the dominant theme of the material taken as a whole must appeal to a prurient interest in sex; 2) the material must be patently offensive because it affronts contemporary community standards; 3) the material must...
...Denny Roth has designed one of the best sets in recent House productions: the sloping platform, recalling theatre tradition of the 19th century, makes the upstage actors easily visible behind those downstage. The set also captures the play's ambiguity of place and time, for the background suggests ancient Greece on one side (Ionic columns), Elizabethan England on the other (attractive filigree) and in the middle, where there is a long dark hallway draped with curtains of a fleur-de-lis pattern, an unspecified land of mystery and romance...
...done-that bill is passed on to consumers and taxpayers through inflation. Construction costs have been climbing at a rate almost double that of all U.S. prices, helping to lift the cost of new homes beyond the reach of millions of middle-income families. In Manhattan, says Architect Richard Roth Jr., "you cannot rent an apartment at a price high enough to justify building...
Then came the temptation to do Philip Roth's Goodbye, Columbus. Ali, who loved the book, wanted the part of the central character, Brenda Patimkin, but the part did not want her. When she tried for it, she met a hundred excuses. Ali was not Jewish, she did not have enough experience, there were bigger names who wanted to play the part. Then, after six months, Director Larry Peerce decided that the inexperienced kid was right for it after all. The role earned Ali a fast $10,000 and even faster fame. "When I saw those reviews, I knew...
Round up Wolfe's previous subjects if you will, and you find they are all either outlaws or outcasts. Murray the K, Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, Mick Jagger, Cassius Clay, Junior Johnson, Carol Doda, Natalie Wood, Ken Kesey and Neal Cassady- even, within such a context, Hugh Hefner. Certainly all worthy of Who's Who, but hardly New York's Four Hundred. That most of the personalities on Wolfe's little list are also celebrities is a testament to the sheer force of their outlandishness. They've forced fame to conform to their standards: their success the result of their...