Word: sauls
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...landmark in American comic writing, Portnoy is not the final assimilation of the American Jewish novel. It is a complete cannibalization of it into the American Jewish anti-novel. Isaac Singer may continue to write marvelous stories about immigrant Jews; Saul Bellow may continue to chant the prayer for the dead over our decaying cities. But it is doubtful that anyone can ever write about the American Jewish family again without having his work ruefully compared with Portnoy's grotesque shadow...
...Saul Steinberg has always refused to be photographed: at the desk where he produces some of the sharpest, most visionary cartoons of our time, Steinberg keeps a couple of special masks, made from paper bags and decorated with parodies of his own face, to thwart any would-be portraitist. As if a photograph would catch his image in a distortion he could not control. As if being so revealed would endanger his perspective as self-appointed "inspector" of modern life--a term which is also the title of his new book of cartoons...
...Social judo" was the late Saul Alinsky's memorable phrase describing actions aimed at applying leverage to the enemy's weak points to force social change. The 34 black students who occupied Massachusetts Hall one year ago today skillfully attempted to use Harvard's prestige to flip the university into aiding the cause of black freedom fighters thousands of miles away...
...depiction of contrasting periods in David's life poses the play's central question-how man reconciles his free will with fate-with a lightness that evokes peaceful thought rather than turgid philosophy. In the first episodes David is called to the court of Saul, where his youth and charisma overcome all obstacles in his preordained drive to supremacy. The second act concerns David's own downfall at the hands of his son Absalom...
...ensemble of actors. The cast, combining fluidity and grace with a concern for moral issues, adopt different characters and moves from joyous court scenes to moribund battles with remarkable ease. Bernard Holmberg extends his domain over the entire audience with his powerful portrayals of both the again Kings Saul and David. He carefully constructs the painful tension of a forsaken leader, and confidently bursts into song and dance. In the final scene, his change from proud endurance to senility is stunning...