Word: thurberism
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...JAMES THURBER used to call his New Yorker office on his day off, asking for Mr. Thurber. He would say he was greatly relieved to discover that Thurber was not in, and that therefore he must be where he thought he was. This schizoid strain runs through A Thurber Carnival, a set of Thurber skits and short stories currently in production...
...Thurber Carnival. At the Loeb Ex, October 16-18, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available free at the box office at noon the day before each performance. This series of interlocking sketches compiled from the work of the great American humorist is a must for anyone who identifies with the hapless Walter Mitty...
Here are Peter Arno's ageless chorines and satyrs; Helen Hokinson's gaggle of club women; Saul Steinberg's pun-and-ink illuminations; the Thurber people who always reminded Dorothy Parker of unbaked cookies. Here, too, is the ir repressible new generation of arche types: George Booth's slatternly couples-obviously the illegitimate descendants of George Price's cluttered screwballs; Lee Lorenz' literate animals, minerals and vegetables; and Ed Koren's celebrated shaggy people stories...
...solution (education) is somewhat simplistic. Treemonisha works for an audience of today because Joplin kept his touch light despite heavy use of dialect ("No, dat bag you'se not gwine to buy, 'cause I know de price is high"). His is a fable that James Thurber might have appreciated...
...Weidman studied at the famed Denishawn School in Los Angeles, leaving to found his own company with Humphrey in 1929. Seeking to choreograph the American scene, Weidman created such works as Lynch Town, a depiction of mob violence, and Fables for Our Time, based on a series of James Thurber's stories. A dedicated teacher, he numbered among his pupils José Limón and Choreographer Bob Fosse (Cabaret, Chicago...