Word: tasteless
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...seems so sullen and gloomy that they hardly venture from their hotel. They have so much to do, and the working conditions are so bad, that they are tired out in the evening and aspire only for the comfort of their lonely rooms. The local food they soon found tasteless, and the restaurants run by their own countrymen are too expensive." Murmansk in midwinter? Hibbing, Minn.? Or maybe Skagway, Alaska? No. Paris, as seen in a column in the Saigon Daily News noting the woes of South Viet Nam's delegation to the peace talks, led by Vice President...
...this month's issue (at $.50, the Lampoon has at least as many laughs as 5 issues of the New York Times, though it's not as good for starting fires), or that every bit of subtlety inevitably leaves a trail of squashed jokes behind it (as the more-tasteless-than-ever Audio Lab ad on the back cover graphically shows, there are times when an appeal to animal emotions gets nauseating). But there does seem to be an inherent confusion of purpose in the Lampoon's approach to its role as "humor magazine." In most of this month...
...Tasteless Opulence. Nixon seems to be giving considerable weight to the kind of argument expressed by one Southern lady on the convention floor. She declared: "This is a protest year. We've got to get that protest." She did not mean Negroes or fractious students. The protesters that concern her are people "who are sick and tired of their money going out of their pockets to keep people sitting in front of TV sets...
...course, convey a certain air of fantasy. But last week's assembly went somewhat further than usual in this respect because of the lack of real contention over men or issues. The very idea of nominating a self-proclaimed "unknown quantity" such as Agnew hardly helped. Neither did the tasteless opulence of Miami Beach or the well-coiffured, well-dressed appearance of the delegates. "They're nice people," said one big-city Northern Senator, "but they've just never ridden a subway." The comment was not altogether fair. It is such people who work long and hard for their political...
...Clouseau exits from the wrong door of a plane and gets carried out with the luggage. The Malapropism: "You are pushing my leg." The convoluted scheme: a gang of thieves disguise themselves in Clouseau masks to enter Swiss banks. The third time round, however, the mixture is flat and tasteless. Bud Yorkin's slovenly direction makes the film look as if every expense had been spared, trapping Arkin in a farce of habit that will probably retire Clouseau to oblivion -one picture too late...