Word: show
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...what they call "unbridled corporate power" in America. According to Fonda and Hayden, multinational corporations neglect the public interest in their rush for profits. Their prime example is nuclear power, which they urge be phased out and replaced with Government-subsidized solar energy. Says Fonda, with a catchy show-biz zinger: "It is time to look at crime in the suites, not just in the streets." Protests Hayden: "While we may have democracy in the political arena, we certainly don't in the economic one, where a board of directors has dictatorial powers." Fonda and Hayden -dubbed the "Mork...
Most U.S. officials, but not all, took a dim view of Jackson's personal diplomacy. Said one: "If nothing else, Jackson's trip will show the Israelis that there is growing curiosity in the U.S. about why the Palestinians are still refugees...
...company, you buy its management and its future. And our management and our future products are Class A. Would we talk? Sure we would. Everybody's welcome. Why hasn't anybody asked? You never do anything until the smoke clears. The first thing we have to show them is that we know how to stop the losses...
Evita is a spectacular eye-catcher, but it seldom gets a grip on a playgoer's feelings. For one thing, the basic tale has been too oft told. It is the familiar show-biz saga of a nobody from nowhere who, through wile and gumption, achieves wealth, fame and glory as a dazzling superstar. In the case of Evita, this tale has been telescoped and occasionally tampered with. Most of the key events happen offstage. They are described in song and dance and recitative, but not dramatically rendered, so the musical lacks the warming pulse of intimacy...
...role of Douglas's wife Adele is probably the most difficult in the show. While Mrs. Douglas narrates the play from the perspective of old age, she also appears as a young wife. Unfortunately, actress Kathryn Kirkwood goes overboard in an attempt to distinguish between the two roles...