Word: straightforwardness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...some infectious harmonica playing and fine lead guitar by Merle. Doc's smooth, lively harmonica and his own virtuoso lead work make "Freight Train Boogie" a superb sample of the happily driving energy of country music. "Summertime" testifies to many of the virtues of Doc's style: the simple, straightforward vocal is deeply evocative without being at all maudlin, just as his humor on stage is warm and folksy without seeming corny in the least...
...Allende from nationalizing ITT's properties in Chile, which include two Sheraton hotels and a cable company. By the hundreds, Chileans were snapping up a little black paperback entitled Documentos Secretos de la ITT (Secret Documents of ITT). For the most part, the government-sponsored book is a straightforward collection of the Jack Anderson memos alleging that ITT officials worked to prevent Allende from taking office in 1970. The official translators, though, could not resist one pointed gibe. On page 12, the term Foggy Bottom, a traditional way of referring to the U.S. State Department, is defined...
...Pushers" has a straightforward anger and a sharp blending of words and music which is missing on many other tracks of the album. "Pushers" would be a great thing to hear on a car radio, simply because it combines a fine Smokey Robinson tune with a more comprehensive political statement than any AM rock song you'll ever hear...
...story is told in a series of short scenes, almost entirely in dialogue. Only the most basic scene-setting and background are provided, and there is almost no exposition of states of mind or feelings. Except for the straightforward action sequences, everything is conveyed by the dialogue. And the dialogue is tremendous: not an exact reproduction of lower-class Bostonese (that would simply get on our nerves), but a perfect simulation of the way semi-literates talk. This is Eddie Coyle talking to Jackie Brown...
...convincing. Going from Isherwood's first-person narration to the camera's more omniscient eye. Cabaret promises to give us a more complete, balanced view of its characters. By restricting its musical numbers to the cabaret setting, it clears the board for increased attention to the relatively straightforward plot that occurs in between the songs. As a result, one ends up demanding more of an intellectual hard-headedness from the movie than it is prepared to offer...