Word: themes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...which makes up most of the Unconscious, contains man's prehistoric, primitive, must-have-it-now, animal drives. The Id's theme song is "I want." Man is born with an Id and soon develops an Ego, which learns the community rules and makes the decisions. The Ego says "I will" or "I won't." Last, there is the Superego, which is the censor or conscience. The Superego says, speaking to the other two, "You must" or "You must not," and demands punishment (in the form of a guilty conscience, worry, etc.) if its commands are violated...
...Shoes (J. Arthur Rank; Eagle Lion) is a lingering, calf-eyed look at backstage ballet's little world of overworked egos and underdone glands. Its theme is one of fiction's most moth-eaten: one must suffer...
...such an undertaking: a Lady Macbeth that lacks physical majesty and fire and seems instead frenzied and common; a supporting cast that is uniformly excellent, particularly Macduff; a set that gives no feeling of being a habitation at all but does add immeasurably to the rawness of the theme (the hero, as Welles interprets him, is too uncivilized to live in a human dwelling); and finally, an exciting, superior movie with moments of startling brilliance...
...populated by the Republican members of the 80th Congress. The G.O.P., cried Harry, wants to put all the people of the country "in one big company union and run it for the benefit of the National Association of Manufacturers." The crowd roared. He sniped at Tom Dewey's theme of unity. "We don't believe in the unity of slaves . . . or sheep," he said. In all, he was applauded 24 times during the course of his prepared, half-hour speech...
...play chronicles the brilliant, unprincipled career of an Englishman who will stoop to any low trick out of love for his son. The theme...