Word: tina
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eager young nebbish in Goodbye, Columbus, plays the same man here, now successful but no less insecure. With the obsessive concern of the nouveau riche he pesters his wife about her clothes, about party invitations that she must send out, about choosing the proper wine, and so forth. Tina is being pecked not by a rooster but by a hen. Her lover, on the other hand, comes on as a virile, aggressive bastard with a sexy smile-and you know that if her husband were to find about the affair he would probably say, "Why Tina! I'm surprised...
Jonathan sees everything as a reflection of himself, and demands that Tina center her world around him. Famous Author George Praeger (Frank Langella) tries to assert his dominance by refusing to get involved. He sees himself as a cool, invulnerable man irresistible to women-but he is unable to deal with the women he attracts. Instead of enveloping Tina like her husband, he warns her repeatedly to keep her distance...
...PERRYS have drawn these characters somewhat extremely but as true characters-colored by Tina's perception-they are convincing. A consistent framework of ideological analysis would require a consistent creation, with actions triggering appropriate reactions and events falling into the proper sequence. The heroes of, say, Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath are effective by virtue of their humanity, but at the same time they are a bit dull. Each character is always perfectly in character and demonstrates the effects of America's social structure-but no one has any of those peculiarities that might make you fall in love with...
...Perrys' talent, on the other hand, lies not in such wide generalities or analysis but in acute perception, in stacking up details to make a convincing picture of one mad housewife. Tina clarifies the position of the housewife in general, but she is no flat generalization. And for once children are portrayed without any of the usual cuteness: Tina's two girls are devoid of any charm. They are brats pure and simple. Benjamin is slimy and nervous, like a persnickety housewife himself: everything must be just so-the salad, the furniture, the damson plum preserves. Snodgrass' real housewife...
...Elaine Brown is at the stand. Deputy Minister of Information for the Panther Party in Oakland. She could be a member of the Ikettes that back up Ike and Tina Turner. She doesn't even have a fro. Soft hair and rimless glasses. In a knit jumpsuit that might have come from Bobbi Baker's she moves with her words...