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DIED. Gloria Grahame, 55, sultry blond movie actress who frequently portrayed the unsavory "other woman" or calculating tart in strong supporting roles opposite such stars as Olivia de Havilland (Not as a Stranger, 1955) and Joan Crawford (Sudden Fear, 1952); of cancer; in New York City. Grahame won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for playing a frivolous Southern belle in The Bad and the Beautiful...
...actor on stage and screen, Michael Moriarty, 40, knows the sting of critics' barbs. But Moriarty, unlike most performers, can retaliate in kind. Last week he starred in a tart, off-Broadway monologue called Dexter Creed, written by himself. Moriarty portrays an acerbic, dyspeptic critic loosely modeled on John Simon, 56, the acerbic, dyspeptic drama critic for New York magazine. Simon considers himself an arbiter of high artistic standards. And clearly Dexter Creed doesn't come up to them. In his review of the play this week, Simon growls: "Cruel and unusual punishment." For whom? The playgoer...
Making his playwrighting debut, Kevin Wade, 27, displays a spry, spare way with words. He has a sharp New Yorky eye for character and the ironic vagaries of contemporary man-woman relationships. Key Exchange is tart, funny and tender, with an undertow of the erotic, and the cast is expert and winning...
Although Shales is often acerbic about what he sees on TV, he is not contemptuous of the medium. This distinguishes him from other tart-tongued TV critics -and redeems him hi the eyes of many industry honchos. "He wants TV to be better," says M.T.M. President Grant Tinker (Hill Street Blues, WKRP in Cincinnati). Explains Shales: "People who respect TV are the ones I respect. It's the ones who wipe their feet on it whom I probably write nasty things about...
Postwar critics showed little enthusiasm for Saroyan's tart sentimentalism and the anxious vitality of his plays. Yet the ease and charm of many of his stories will continue to inspire young writers. It is a legacy beyond criticism...