Word: shrills
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...Fixer, the hero partakes of the heroic aspects of femininity but is revolted by actual femininity to the point of refusing sexual intercourse. Conversely, They revile women for manifesting masculine qualities, aggression in particular. Women's books are reviewed as if they were women--criticized for being "shrill," praised for being "not shrill." Critics call Marianne Moore "the best women poet in America." Why not the best blue-eyed poet? In the Nov. 1 issue of Time Magazine (one of Their favorite mouthpieces), a group of books by women are reviewed in these terms: "mere female savagery," "hysterical," "measuring feminine...
...pastime. The plots are familiar tales about kings and concubines, scholars and lute-playing ladies. The performers, in elaborate costumes and makeup, convey their characterizations through a series of ritualistic actions and formal gestures (the closing of a door, for example, is indicated by bringing the hands together). Although shrill and piercing to Western ears, the singing is delicately modulated and full of virtuoso flourishes, which Chinese audiences applaud with shouts of "Hao!" Realism, not Ritual. After the Communist takeover in 1949, Peking opera, like most of the arts, was subjected to "selective reform." Still, until recently, a limited repertory...
...DEATH OF BESSIE SMITH and THE AMERICAN DREAM, by Edward Albee, are caustic comic strips of the American scene. In Theater 1969's deft revivals, Rosemary Murphy is chilling as the coldly hysterical nurse of Bessie Smith, while Sudie Bond is endearingly shrill as the Grandma of Dream...
Beatific Smiles. Voices in Congress grew shrill. Ohio's Senator Stephen Young thundered: "Chicago, under Mayor Daley, is a police state." Louisiana's Russell Long was as extravagant in the other direction, suggesting that the Democrats should have nominated Richard Daley instead of Hubert Humphrey. For the most part, Republicans smiled beatifically and watched the Democrats' dogfight in silence...
...shrill polemics are gone, the layout is conservative. Compared with the psychedelic sheets put out by today's revolutionary-minded kids, the Daily World seems almost as prosaic as a house organ for some large trade union. In its first issues, it reported the first New York-Moscow air link, the threatening steel strike, the tussle over the poverty program. An editorial had some kind words for the U.S.: "The recent increase in activity in Washington and Moscow toward more cordial relations should be welcomed by all Americans." And some sharp words for "selfstyled Leftists who denounce any step...