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...denounced “Bonnie and Clyde” as a “cheap piece of bald-faced slapstick comedy” remarkable only for its pointless violence and lack of taste. Penn reacted against critics such as Crowther who, during America’s military engagement in Vietnam, deemed the brutal undertones of his films irrelevant. He also expressed admiration for the young people who tore up their draft cards, resisted the war, and sought peace—the generation that inspired him to write “Alice’s Restaurant,” a film...
...flaws. Opener “Love Revolution” is fast-paced and catchy, but the echo effects used on the vocals seem out of place for a garage rock song. The album’s most exciting track, a Stones-y rocker titled “Back In Vietnam,” is either an overused analogy for the war in Iraq or proof that Kravitz is so devoid of ideas that he’s begun borrowing political topics, not just guitar riffs, from the ’60s and ’70s. Kravitz has shown that...
...nation's gross domestic product - is a bargain by historic standards. "To give you some basis of comparison in terms of the last times we were at war," he explained, "during the Korean War the percentage of GDP going to defense was about 14%, and during Vietnam it was about 9%." But critics, using a different yardstick, found the Pentagon's request historically high. The New York Times editorial page said Tuesday that next year's defense budget, after adjusting for inflation, will "be the the highest level of military spending since World...
...Teamsters Union when he worked on the loading docks in Chicago, became the comedians' chief organizer and spokesman. A former G.I. who was a few years older than most of the youngsters at the Comedy Store, Dreesen had little affection for the college kids who had protested the Vietnam War, but he provided an articulate voice for their working stiffs' complaints. He tried to appeal to Mitzi's sense of fair play. "I told Mitzi, you pay the waiters, you pay the waitresses, you pay the guy who cleans the toilets. Why don't you at least pay the comedians...