Word: saneness
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...SPORTSWRITER by Richard Ford. The sane and witty story of a man who interviews athletes and seeks to recapture the hope and literary promise of a time when he, too, was at the top of his form...
...Most sane people would have seen the story--and dismissed as a fool anyone who would scamper 900 yards down narrow streets with six raging bulls nipping at his heels. But not Branca...
AFTER THE unstructured miniscandalizers of Nature and Purpose, it is nice to return, if briefly, to the more familiar realm of Twilight Zone twists in 'dentity Crisis. Jane (Marjorie Ingall) has a problem. She is a sane person in an insane world. Fortunately, psychotherapy has a cure. Everybody plays insanity soberly and satisfactorily straight in this one. And Jane's sullen paranoia is relatively refreshing, even if the play's conclusion is somewhat unsatisfactory...
...more than a statement; it will actually allow local governments to reject low bids on road work contracts from companies which do business in South Africa. Personally, I feel that only people crazy enough to carry on business there are crazy enough to work on American highways. No sane man would dodge speeding El Dorados to pour molten asphalt for a living...
Lemmon, however, is not going to have only himself to thank for his umpteenth Oscar nomination. As the long-suffering Gillian, Andrews provides a sane contrast to the frazzle-dazzle of Lemmon's performance. There is more than mere discipline in her work. Her tart, get-on-with-it Englishness stiffens the spine of her characterization -- and makes the one moment when she gives in to her dread all the more poignant...