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...series of movements, each centered on one or two characters. There is no plot in the normal sense, no unity of action. The two homosexuals sit at one table, Violet and Steve at another, and the rest sit down at the bar, creating three self-enclosed worlds whose only thread of communication is Leona, moving about like some caged animal. Nervously boastful, muddled but penetrative. Leona is the great middle-aged screaming child who has been brought to perfection as an American theater type: a misty but lynx-eyed observer who holds all the cards and provides a shrewd running...
...date approached, the Shah came under increasing criticism on the grounds of expense and taste. Peasants in nearby villages may have been impressed-but not exactly pleased-that the government had spent $50,000 on 50 Lanvin-designed uniforms for the royal court, each requiring one mile of gold thread. As for taste, even the Empress Farah said in an unguarded moment, "There have been a lot of mistakes and lapses" -one of which might have been the choice of pink roses and cigars for signs on rest-room doors. Many Iranians also resented that the extravaganza evolved from...
...idea for museum fashions occurred to Jenny Bell in January when she heard that the Brooklyn Museum was having a housecleaning and went to have a look. She returned home with a 56-year-old embroidered Egyptian silk scarf and an 81-year-old American patchwork quilt. With scissors, thread and a bit of black velvet trimming for the quilt, two handsome evening skirts emerged. A few more finds and Jenny Bell had enough to sell to Saks Fifth Avenue. Mindful of her 13 successful years as a Seventh Avenue designer, Saks bought the lot at first sight. Displayed...
There is a vital difference between black humor and antic violence. Dark comedy requires a point of view, plus a consistent thread of absurdity that allows the audience to suspend belief. Writer-Cartoonist Jules Feiffer does not lack a point of view, but in his first screenplay, Little Murders, the thread of absurdity snaps so often that the film becomes little more than a succession of insane horrors...
...careers before turning to art-spray painter, riveter, lifeguard. Unlike many Los Angeles artists who rely on an even, machine-like finish, Moses' work is nuanced: hints of abstract expressionism are never far away. Byrn Verde is a sheet of canvas sewed and patched with delicate arabesques of thread and crosshatched with fine bleeding lines, then immersed in honey-colored resin and left to dry. The final image is almost Oriental in its airiness and apparent spontaneity...