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...calls herself "a great cow" and keeps house for her widowed father. She passes herself off as a slut, fearing that no man could desire her. She is actually the shyest of virgins. James Tyrone Jr. (Robards), modeled on O'Neill's elder brother, sees through her sham and is strangely drawn to her inner sweetness and innocence. He is a part-time actor corroded by drink, whoring and self-loathing...
...circumstances that led to Gizikis's coup give it extraordinary significance. What finally convinced right-wing officers dismayed by even Papadopoulos's sham democracy that Greece needed a change of government was the old government's inability to prevent or even effectively suppress last week's uprising, in which thousands of students and workers fought Greek police and American tanks, demanding a restoration of democracy and freedom. The demonstrators' heroism brought down one dictatorship; because of this week's instability, and the uncertainty about the new government's policy, there's at least some possibility that Greece will become more...
Maude's first antagonist was Archie Bunker, when she stormed onto All in the Family two seasons ago as a visiting cousin. Since spinning off on her own last year, Maude has stirred things up with shows on the legalization of marijuana and the sham of radical chic, as well as a two-part episode on abortion that roused a particularly shrill outcry when it was rerun over the summer (TIME...
...recently arrested for carrying a sign which advocated a "NO" vote in Mr. Papdopoulos' "free and democratic" referendum. I decided to carry the sign to try and show the American public what a sham the election was. Mr. Papadopoulos staged a massive propaganda campaign for a "Yes" vote on radio. T.V., and with posters everywhere you looked. At the same time no permission was given for radio or T.V. time for opposing views and it was against the law to put up (or carry) signs advocating a "No" vote. These rather blunt tactics seem to be an attempt to fool...
...Dadaist de-definition cannot have taken root--for the Cultural Establishment is defending this for its life as the serious in art. And under this authority critics are again culling the straight and the good from the second rate sham in art; the Whitney still thrives. And so, if the status quo is to be preserved, it has to be. For the de-definition of art called for by the Dadaists threatens the very identity of art critics, curators and dealers, and the pride of "people with taste and discrimination." The art establishment, to survive, depends upon an orthodoxy that...