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...French Sour Grapes...
...DECLINE OF THE WEST. A second danger is the multiple impasse in which Western civilization (to which Russia long ago chose the honor of belonging) finds itself ... Should we console ourselves by crying "sour grapes"? Should we argue, in all sincerity, that we are not adherents of that turbulent "democracy run riot" in which once every four years the politicians, and indeed the entire country, nearly kill themselves over an election, trying to gratify the masses? There, a judge, flouting his obligatory independence, panders to the passions of society and acquits a man who, during an exhausting war, steals...
Serpico is an energetic melodrama, with just enough realistic bite to shine against its current rivals. Its entertainment values hide a sour joke: one of the few heroic stories of our time has been filmed by men who lack their hero's passionate commitment to advance righteous endeavors to the necessary ends...
McCleery wants to entertain in Hardesty Park by revealing the clever way a young husband-wife duo comes to terms with its conflicting yearnings to stay together, despite a sour marriage. The action in the play takes place on an idyllic corporation kibbutz, tucked into the folds of rural Connecticut. The husband and wife team has been selected by Fletcher Hardesty, a stodgy opinionated executive, to run his fiefdom after his retirement. Roger, the husband loves his job, but then he's got all the responsibility. Wife Pat, a talented aggressive careerist who's got the chance to make...
John Lincoln Wright and the Sour Mash Boys. I have never heard John Lincoln Wright and the Sour Mash Boys, an electric country band which in various forms frequented Cambridge night spots for years. But another Crimson reviewer with respectable credentials claims that they are not to be missed, especially since you can hear them cheaply and conveniently. Their next local appearance is Thursday, February 28, at King's on Boylston...