Word: safe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Bobby elates the disenchanted with his blanket condemnation of the way things are, but his alternatives for the most part are either vague or on the safe side. On Viet Nam, he does not advocate peace at any price or unilateral U.S. withdrawal: presumably, he would continue to prosecute the war if the negotiations he seeks were to fail. Domestically, he stresses the need for more and better, as many others do. But when he comes down to a concrete proposal, he mentions reducing the strings on federal grants to the states in such fields as education and health, something...
...familiars as The Shadow of Your Smile and Ode to Billie Joe. Since he never wanders far from the melody on these tunes, those who get lost easily in jazz improvisation need not fear for their direction. More venturesome listeners may feel that Donaldson has settled for a too-safe format...
Another plot problem is the reason for the suicide. Certainly, there were other alternatives to starvation. If Denmark was not safe, the two could have fled somewhere else. The plot may not be so important. Prettiness may be what Widerberg wants to get across, but to the audience the major motivation in the film is reduced to incredibility and that is a sad situation...
...natural, the inexorable advance of civilization. Technology has found a way to "cook" the tomato without shriveling it to an inedible rind. One simply puts the dangerous natural tomato into a can. Magically it is civilized, it is cooked. Now take it out of the can and it is "safe" to eat the tomato...
...eyes of this raw-fisted footsoldier from days past. To be in his presence is to be in the presence of unmistakable wisdom. To be eyed through his legendary horn rims is to be subjected to a glance from which no secret, dark or innocent, can be safe. He is a statesman, and a scholar...