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...scene has drawn the fire of some of my colleagues in the daily press. They evidently conceive of somnambulism as always graceful, and of somniloquy as exclusively a lyrical, if not whispered nocturne. Well, this is the customary way of doing the scene. But Miss McKenna's way is valid and convincing too (though she should not have to be told that "Out, damned spot!" requires four syllables, not three). Her critics should remember that one can do very violent things in one's sleep; and that Lady Macbeth's mind has disintegrated and is tormented by a jagged...
Lewis Lehman's staging in the intimate scenes is frequently static, (in the first scene, for instance, he has Mr. Lurtsema rooted to an armchair for what seems an eternity) but his crowd scenes are nicely handled. And his interpretation of the play is lucid and valid. Cherie Hughes has some very nice lighting effects, but the set, such as it was, could have stood a bit more imagination and atmosphere...
...been criticized for not emphasizing the "heartless coldness" that Borg's daughter-in-law alleges to exist in him. However, while she is a compelling inquisitor, the daughter-in-law is an impassioned--and perhaps obtuse--observer, who need not be believed. Bergman's direction of Sjostrom seemed quite valid in every respect...
...centuries Harvard has connoted truth, scholarship, and culture. I find the connotation valid. Evidence of the institution's discovery of truth, and achievement of scholarship is so manifest in the history of the world that words are inept. I prefer, therefore, to use the allotted space in recounting an incident in the area of that somewhat nebulous realm called the culture of Harvard...
Professor Demos also approves of courses about religion, but he replies that students are not merely taught about democracy. "Don't we teach democracy and science in the sense of indoctrination?" Certainly this is a valid point; American youth learn the democratic method through student government and the democratic hagiography in their history courses. Democracy, however, is an ideology almost universally approved in the United States, and its wide-spread acceptance leads many to over look the fact that education about democracy has been replaced by indoctrination in democracy...