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...says King, "as a piece of fiction." But abstracting the situation in this manner removes not only some of its sting but much of its validity. It will be an almost irresistible temptation for audiences to align themselves with either husband or wife. Some will call Antoinette a selfish, shrill virago; others will see Billy as a frustrated personality whose need to control the relationship comes from his own insecurities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dissection of a Marriage | 1/26/1970 | See Source »

With O what a monstrous Uproar! did seventy-four Flarbs rip and tear, cut, slash, gouge and madly flap their Way up the Hill. Grating with the loud Rustle of eighty-six fiercely shaking, Bile-colored Posters were the shrill Brayings of one-hundred-forty-eight Asses, somewhat flat in Tone, without surrounding Hills to echo and re-echo their challenging Call! Hurling great Clumps of slimy Muck before them and behind them and to their Left and to their Right they gashed beyond all immediate Repair the once neatly trimmed Lawn and closed withunimaginable Petulance and noisy Spite...

Author: By Algernon Mews, | Title: A Tale of Dissent | 1/23/1970 | See Source »

...Flarbs instantly reverting upon decapitation to Excrement, dismounting was unnecessary. The increased Shrillness of those who remained on the Field compensated any Decrease in Volume occasioned by the Loss of seventy-four-and-a-half Brayers. The shrill Cry flew up to the Heart of Momus, God of Faultfinding. He rushed, though but wrapped in a flimsy Petition, straight to the Side of the Mentor. Shrillest of the Group...

Author: By Algernon Mews, | Title: A Tale of Dissent | 1/23/1970 | See Source »

...great was this God's Admiration for the Half-headed Mortal who could bray twice-shrill as an Ass, that he disrobed, exposing a great Fault to the Membership. And circled his flimsy Petition around the Standard. Listed thereon were nine-hundred and eighty-six Demands to be immediately Met by the Wise Teachers, before the Scribbler's Club would Permit re-landscaping of the Lawn, or removal of the dead Flarbs...

Author: By Algernon Mews, | Title: A Tale of Dissent | 1/23/1970 | See Source »

...than their husbands by the assaults on that morality. They usually reduce large issues to the immediate scale of their lives: inflation is a steak not served, law and order a five-year-old son who must walk six uncertain blocks to school. Their voices are not so much shrill as perplexed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Man And Woman Of The Year: Hitting Close to Home | 1/5/1970 | See Source »

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