Word: understatedness
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
So the Loeb's production, too, is uneven, but its unevenness is not in synch with Hellman's unevenness. Passion drowns the humor, subtlety mocks the tragedy. The mixture of farce and drama that appears with a clear, sharp brilliance in Hellman's restrained prose looks gaudy on stage. Perhaps...
The consequences were a classic example of regulation gone awry. Owing to the low price, demand increased but producers preferred to sell gas to consumers in their own states, where federal controls did not apply and gas could be sold at three or four times the interstate rate. Critics accused...
But the most successful characterization in this production relies neither on fancy footwork nor on a funny face. James E. Maxwell turns in a masterfully understated performance as Snorty McGee, a third bootlegger who masquerades as a butler and surveys the frantic goings-on with a mildly amused detachment, politely...
Gas Changes. Ford has another strategy: to decontrol gradually the price of U.S.-produced oil and gas, letting them rise as a means of forcing conservation and encouraging new development. But even that came a cropper last week. A House Commerce subcommittee heard staff members of the Federal Trade Commission...
In the Middle East, no nation has been more isolated and more hostile in recent years-even to some of its Arab neighbors-than Iraq. But along with other hopeful signs in the area, the Iraqis have begun to show some indication of mellowing. A small but significant sign of...