Word: verbalizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even though Twigs ends on a note of high comedy (for Furth has arranged his acts so that their verbal and visual humor overtakes their early bleakness, a ploy more justifiable dramatically than thematically), it leaves behind an echo of resignation that has just barely escaped despair. None of the daughters is quite the equal of the mother, although each is herself somehow tough enough to accept the increasingly limited possibilities life offers. But then, as Emily says. "If life were perfect, we wouldn't have to go through...
Harvard will not be in Ithaca today, but do not fret. Cornell may be strong on professional image, but it can't defend itself from the onslaught of Ivy verbal abuse. Cornell will run all over the field to prove itself to Duffy Dougherty, but Harvard will keep its cool wits and prevail...
Dartmouth-Brown--Brown's band is wishful thinking. It has great hopes but it is often so verbal that it doesn't even get into its formation. Music and announcements are uncoordinated, and the Bruins have trouble just getting on and off the field. Dartmouth's band is so small that you can't hear it in the stands--which is a benefit for the people in the stands, as those that have heard can tell. With little flash and little innovation, the Dartmouth band fills up the halftime and gets off the field in time for the game. Brown...
...many older people are strangely attracted to children's literature in spite of (or for) the fact that it does not often perform cerebral and verbal scrobatics. The Annotated Alice (in Wonderland) is an admittedly fascinating example of the adult urge to examine and the understand fantasy. But does such squinting really bring anyone closer to seeing what Lewis Carroll was up to? Or did he expect us simply to accept the imaginative irrationality of his books...
...vignettes backed by a rock band playing in the dark recesses of the upper stage. They brush on life, love, war, politics, and alienation but the overt theme is usually beside the point. It is the style of each individual piece that really makes the show. Some have a verbal brilliance that suggests what Printer or Joyce might have done if they had been born in this country. One skit, called "Image Sales," is a staccato recitation of brand names, commercial pitches, and want ads that conjures up visions of America choking on its own verbal clutter. Another mixes...