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...concerto combines twelve-tone serial procedures with traditional structural designs. From a sonata-form first movement, it moves through a ternary slow movement to a rondo finale. He uses a 12-tone row, both forwards and backwards, but the piece is still easier to follow by ear than most serial works. Cordero's orchestration is so skillful that even the rambunctious finale never swamps the solo violin. Like its famous Alban Berg predecessor of 1936, this work is a rare masterpiece among serial violin concertos...
MARRIED. Sally Kellerman, 43, spacy blond movie comedian (Foxes, Serial) who rose to fame as Major "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the 1970 movie MASH; and Jonathan Krane, 28, a Los Angeles tax attorney; she for the second time, he for the first; at the Malibu, Calif., home of Actress Jennifer Jones and Art Collector Norton Simon...
...critics. Spirit is the fundamental strength in those who fight. Otherwise, forget it. When they came in on that morning there was no bitching, no real despair. When they spilled out of the C-130s they were ordered to line up like soldiers and give their name, rank and serial number. The men quietly obeyed their orders, eyes showing profound disappointment. But, the commander noticed, no chins were down. That, he thought, is a beautiful sight in the world of those who go to fight...
...that Mazursky did not buy the movie rights to McFadden's book. Instead, they went to Sidney Beckerman, a producer whose credits include the legendary film desecration of Portnoy's Complaint. Next to Serial, Portnoy seems like an earnest failure. Not only is McFadden's cool point of view lost, but so are her satirical targets. Though Serial is set in the present-day San Francisco suburbs, it might as well unfold in '50s Dubuque. Most of the characters are whining, repressed squares who, at heart, disapprove of free sex, drugs, divorce and teenagers. For some...
...Serial's only attempts at contemporaneity are buzz words and phrases of the '60s and '70s. Whenever possible, "mellow" or "hot tub" or "finding my space" are worked into the dialogue. Most of the major gags, however, betray the film's true sensibility by ridiculing big-breasted women and homosexuals. No actors or director could save this material. The cast and crew of Serial, largely recruited from television, do not even...