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...great storytellers of all time, including himself among such epic figures as Homer, Vergil and Dante, as well as Bob Dylan, B.B. King, and John Coltrane. Albert B. Lord, Porter Professor of Slavic and Comparative Literature, and lecturer in Hum 9b, Oral and Popular Literature, calls Blue "sui-generis" though. Lord believes that Blue "does not really belong to any particular tradition in storytelling." He says that Blue relies on autobiographical material in an improvisational way. "As far as I know, Blue's stories are not those handed down among generations orally. This would more accurately be called oral literature...
Truffaut's decision to do without the services of Jean-Pierre Leaud for one film, at least, is triumphantly vindicated. Leaud is a wonderful actor in some respects, but he is sui generis; one could no more imagine him in a role in this movie than Woody Allen could have taken a part in, say, Gone With the Wind. Isabel Adjani conveys all the levels of Adele's emotional life, though I suspect that the film might have been more effective if she looked older, more like the thirty she is supposed to be. Adjani manages to epitomize everything French...
Have you heard the one about the dog with a bucket of hot water who chased two people riding on a tandem bicycle? Do you know why Lucky Pierre is a sui generis joke in English-language humor, or why the gag whose punchline is "Don't make any waves" is one of America's favorites...
...that Kearns founded. At the time (1972), Proxmire estimates, the stock was worth no more than $1.75. While Kearns was head of the Ex-Im Bank, which makes low-cost loans to foreign firms so that they can buy American exports, the bank approved 37 separate loans to Mit-sui's parent company in Japan, by Proxmire's count...
...almost said "this kind of show", making it part of a category that couldn't even be considered when talking about The Teeth of Mons Herbers, which was sui generis in a way MAM isn't and doesn't try to be. But LaZebnik's next work--based on the assassination of James A. Garfield by a disgruntled office-seeker--might offer proof that success hasn't spoiled him. His talent is too original for us to be able to afford to lose...