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...more exhilarated after the intermission than they did at any one point during the show. That too is unfortunate, because story theatre techniques can be incredibly exciting, particularly for mixed audiences of the jaded and the unsophisticated. But, this is one time when the storyteller fails to cast his spell, for the kids Thursday night didn't seem to be taken in by the Loeb's Huck Finn, probably mistaking it as nothing more than animated Cliff's Notes...
...said that Ionesco wrote Rhinoceros to express his feelings about his native Rumania during the 1930's when his countrymen increasingly fell under the spell of fascism. The play is certainly a tract against conformist and the inhumanity it produces, but it goes far deeper than simple propaganda. If the various townspeople who rationalize and stumble their way into the rhino herd are absurd, Ionesco says, so is Berenger, the one man who holds out. His defiant profession of faith in humanity is farcical rather than heroic, showing that individuality in an indifferent universe can be as futile as conformity...
Even without translation, Cowles did spell out some of the owners' dissatisfaction in a statement he read to begin the meeting. While the magazine was losing money over the past few years, he said, Harper's nevertheless "dramatically increased" Morris' editorial and promotional budgets, hoping to gain in newsstand sales and subscription renewal rates. Neither hope was fulfilled. "The magazine as presently constituted cannot live only on favorable press notices and dinner party conversation," Cowles said. He also insisted that Harper's content be guided more by reader surveys-an idea Morris refused even to discuss...
...clear across the U.S. with a Camel sign on his back in order to publicize the brand name. His idea is only one of many received by RJ. Reynolds Industries, the nation's largest cigarette maker. An amateur strategist proposed rigging an airplane with flashing lights that would spell out CAMEL or WINSTON on night flights, and a camera fan offered the use of a device that he said could project the word Winston on clouds or buildings...
...most part women. Big male stars (Gable and Bogart, Wayne, Cooper, and Grant) usually last longer in the front ranks, for all the obvious and repulsive reasons. But few of them ever provide the somewhat metaphysical definition of their movies: Bogart did-and Brando for a spell-and certainly John Wayne has defined the Western more than anyone, perhaps, except Ford and Hawks. Nevertheless, most great movie genres (especially before World War II) are female genres, and are dominated in very real ways by their female stars. The classic examples are Lillian Gish and Mac Marsh, who provided the polarities...