Word: sensualism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cavafy spun out his Alexandrian mode on two planes simultaneously: the contemporary "sensual city" and the historical "world of Hellenism." His alienation from the real city is most visible in the erotic poetry which sprang from his own experiences--those of a homosexual necessarily but bitterly shackled by the conventions of his milieu. The evolution of these poems from composition to publication reveals a progression from cautious ambiguity to an increasingly more explicit statement of the poet's passions. Such an advancement mirrored Cavafy's developing belief in honest acceptance of one's passions and surroundings, in bowing...
...play of magnitude lends itself to varying interpretations. The original Big Daddy, Burl Ives, portrayed him as a man with a sensual lust for life. In 1974's Broadway revival, Fred Gwynne brought out his cruel, vindictive side. With a flawless Southern accent that testifies to his lifelong perfection of craft, Olivier plays Big Daddy as the feudal lord of "28,000 acres of the richest land this side of the Valley Nile," a man born with the habit of imperial command...
Uncanny-and that's just for openers. Sensual, wistful, fragile, spooky spring to mind, too. Just shy of 27, Sissy Spacek has already played such a variety of roles so smoothly that the only constant in her personality appears to be mutability...
...Touch was more than the fusing of various musical impulses into an easy-to-listen-to commercial package. Klemmer's exploration of what he calls "the sensual flow of sound" is original. He began as a rock jack-of-all-trades and moved gradually towards combining rock and jazz, convinced that "Jazz has to be re-established as a popular music... because of its emotional and intellectual depth." His sound is unique. It doesn't pretend to imitate the "greats." Instead it draws from sources from rock to classical, from jazz to pop, and the finished product is rich, carefully...
...projects a refreshing sense of comic glee while outwitting Eve. Transitions between scenes pose bemusing riddles as the limp, floored torsos of the actors ease into new being. One puzzles over the nature of their metamorphoses, wondering if they are stirring into yawns or anguished gapes; labored breathing or sensual sighs; pained squirming or the muscle-stretching that normally accompanies awakening; farts or animal grunts...