Word: serous
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...CASE COULD be made that Allen really made Interiors as a parody of serous movies. All the little extravagances of filming and over-indulgences in character--notably the highbrow/lowbrow contrast between the family and the father's new girlfriend--could lead to such an interpretation; that's assuming, of course, that Allen still had his tongue in his cheek while he made the film. But if Allen is really chuckling at all the suckers who took him seriously, then he clearly failed. As a genuine effort in serous psychological drama, Interiors is mostly successful; for that reason, it doesn...
...that the fact that the Crimson played without the services of number one-player and captain Todd Lundy, who sat out with sore ribs, and the victory seems all the more impressive. Only two serious hurdles, the Yale and Princeton matches--albeit, a couple serous hurdles--now stand between Harvard and the league crown...
...first inclination in such gatherings is to learn whatever possible, and run; to write Kramer and the "conference" off with a zero. But Kramer has had such a great influence on mass audiences in his heyday, and his films for so long epitomized Hollywood's "serous" award-winners, that it seemed a cop-out to let him off the hook, to go back to Cambrige and spout some brief sobering statements about old-time-movie decrepitude. I engaged Mr. Kramer myself, and asked him whether his films had political intentions, and whether he conceived his films in political terms...
...serous side, returning classmates will be able to hear informative programs such as "Adams House Then and Now" with Master William Liller: "The Spiraling Cost of Higher Education and How to Pay for It" with Dean Dunlop; and "Canadian Professional Hockey" with football coach-designate Joe Restic...