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...generally excellent reading under the direction of student conductor David Archibald. Mr. Archibald, although somewhat inhibited technically, maintained metrical control and instrumental balance. In his propriety of gesture he was refreshingly free from both the hysterical and praying mantis perversions, conducting with simple, effective judiciousness resulting from the unself-indulgent understanding of a work. The few instances of imprecision, such as slight rhythmic tediousness in the "Marche du Soldat," unsettled trumpet playing in the difficult "Marche Royale," and a careless-bassoon duet in the "Brook" were hardly noticeable amid excellent solo and ensemble work. This delightful compendium of street band...
...subjects' "informed consent." The committee must judge if subjects are "competent" to decide whether or not to participate in the study--a particularly salient point in clinical studies and studies of children. Experimenters in the social sciences sometimes deceive the subjects as to their purpose, in order to get unself-conscious results. How informed must consent be? Someone must decide, because the subjects' lack of knowledge about what they're participating in renders them incompetent...
...female leads in The Crucible give the best performances. If Susan Baldwin has done any previous acting here, I'm extremely sorry to have missed it. As Elizabeth Proctor, she is properly reserved and stoical at first, truly moving in the final scenes. Her performance is direct and unself-conscious, the only fully realized characterization in the show. Ann Thompson's Abigail is not far behind. As the girl responsible for the persecution, she controls her voice and body carefuly, conveying perfectly Abigail's mental instability, without overstatement. As a result, her performance is never predictable, her hysterical fits...
Also much more sex and nudity. But in the new films, sex is rarely prurient. If it is sometimes startlingly explicit, it is nevertheless unself-conscious and often functional to the plot?or what plot there is. It is also unstereotyped. People make love on the couch (Georgy Girl), in cars (Alfie), and in a susurrous sea of blue backdrop paper (Blow-Up). And the girl hardly ever waits any more to be asked; she communicates sex like a banner headline...
This same will toward unself-conscious candor goes into another popular series, a running serialization of the Forsyte Saga. As soap operas go, it beats the U.S. product on all levels-story, acting, direction. One recent episode centered on the scene in which Soames Forsyte, raging with jealousy, assaults his wife, crying, "Any man can have you! I can have you!" And he does, with the camera discreetly turning its head at the proper moment...