Word: sadnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...bravely insists that the show's ratings have climbed since Paar left; such as it is, Tonight may now be seen over 184 stations, three more than Paar's last audience. But for most, the parade of tryouts was only a sad and dull reminder of the old days, when Paar filled their nights with cruel charm...
...dies in an athletic attempt to seduce the hothouse boy she has her eye on. But as played by Nymphet Barbara Harris, she conquers whole audiences night after night, making Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad the most notable success of the off-Broadway season...
...Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad, by Krthur Kopit. A surrealistic foray into the no-man's land of Mornism. Barbara Harris is the sexiest sprout since Lolita...
Director Michael Murray did better with his women. Kathleen Sullivan was a fine Sophie despite an unidentifiable accent; Ann Shropshire and Esther Benson made the fears of Rose Griggs and Constance Tuckerman convincing and sad. Dorothy Sands, playing a wealthy old woman who is aware of how wrong interfering in other people's lives can be, is sprightly without belying her age. It's unfortunate that she wins some laughs just because old people aren't credited with any acumen. (It's cute when that little old lady says something perceptive by accident...
Systematically, Romains's extraterrestrial observer examines each of man's achievements and judges each a sad reminder of its better past. But inescapably, a question arises: How can this Martian be so filled with nostalgia for a world he never knew? It is then that the mask falls away-it is not a book of discovery, but a book of reminiscence. Romains, an old man (now 76), has written an old man's book, and in the end, he offers a warning drawn from the only lesson Men of Good Will taught: there...