Word: sin
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...certain number of sissies are bound to go around condescending to Blazing Saddles as a comedy of less than perfect form. They will note that it lacks the careful construction and polished wit that are often cited by essentially humorless people, usually to justify the minor cultural sin of having a good time at a movie that is less than 35 years old and does not star either the Marx Brothers or W.C. Fields...
McCleery's point of view reduces the seriousness of the issues his characters encounter, something of a sin in these cynical days. But if his plays work on stage, his positive reductionism could well be forgiven, even appreciated, for having provided an audience with the chance to lose themselves in a realistic world of make-believe for a few hours...
...worst it's ever been, but the Lord says at the 32nd chapter of the book of numbers and the 23rd verse, your sin shall find you out, now that's right. For the justice of the Lord shall follow you everywhere. Now that's right, you know it is, you know...
...last, a sort of Middle American virtue triumphs in the victory of mother, church and romantic love. In the final scene, when Steve rejects the life of sin and sweeps up Mae (Loretta Greene) in his arms, her feet leave the floor and you almost expect her, slowly and sensuously, to kick off high-heeled shoes in Hollywood abandon to the last Cuddle...
...second period, as Bob Balzhiser (Gary's brother), Frank Paveck and captain Bob Kane scored during the middle eight minutes of the stanza. Kane's goal was the only Yale score on a power play, coming just nine seconds before Ted Thorndike was scheduled to leave the sin...