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Black Comedy--as you may now have guessed, it's the winner of the two--is also based on a single gimmick. But, in its case, the gimmick begs to be told. Premise is: Brindsley Miller, a mod young sculptor played with vigor by Pope Brock, is expecting a visit from Georg Bamberger (John Archibald again), richest man in the world (and not a little like Howard Hughes), who just might buy one of Brindsley's sculptures, thereby permitting the sculptor to marry his fiancee, whose father is also expected to drop in before evening's end--WHEN--the lights...
...received, an encouraging start for the Cambridge-Early Music Society's twentieth season. Had all the players caught the enthusiasm of the Messrs. Bressler, Murcell, and Ritchie, the evening would have been still more successful. Even so, a performance such as this with under fifteen people has infinitely more vigor than the cast-of-thousands approach used by the large opera organizations in their infrequent Handel offerings. Acis--along with Henry Purcell's chamber opera Dido and Aeneas--could make a strong case for baroque opera. It is a sad commentary on the form, however, that the better examples...
...bathing party, with Leo along to watch. (Though he has a bathing suit, his mother warned him not to swim, lest he catch cold). The Maudsleys must patronize Burgess, one of their valuable tenants: but to the eyes of Leo, the boys' frivolous games contrast negatively with Burgess's vigor. Marion dunks herself with a friend. When they all emerge, Leo goes to Marion, and tells her of the strong man he's seen swimming. She is pleased at the description, smiling while she preens. Leo and Marion fall behind the others, he placing his dry bathing-suit...
Hyperbole? Perhaps, but for some it did just that: Di Suvero became an inspirational figure to a circle of young artists who admired not only the vigor of his work, but also his tenacious will power. His background was both exotic and practical. Son of an Italian gunboat captain and steel salesman in China, he was born in Shanghai in 1933 and came to the U.S. when he was eight. Significantly for the sculpture he was later to make, he even worked as a boatbuilder on the West Coast. An elevator accident crushed his spine and nearly killed...
...confidential sources, Stanton would have been on firmer ground. As it was, he could only argue: "If newsmen are told that their notes, films and tapes will be subject to compulsory process so that the Government can determine whether the news has been satisfactorily edited, the scope, nature and vigor of their news-gathering and reporting activities will inevitably be curtailed...