Word: wastelanders
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...what? The guests come on the show voluntarily. The showcase of fisticuffs and nudity does not exactly stand out in the wasteland of our popular culture. And as for the kids, they'll probably learn more from Jerry's "final thought" than from their Sunday school teacher. (For the uninitiated, Jerry's "final thought" is a surprisingly profound social commentary that concludes every broadcast...
...psychiatrist's consulting room. Rising from this conventionally-British yet potentially-portentous setting, Eliot's language manages a tone of religious pronouncement and philosophical anguish that still sounds natural coming from the play's routine, middle-aged characters. It is just like when you read certain sections of The Wasteland over the phone to your mother, and your roommate notices that your speech is high-brow without noting that you are actually uttering sovereign metaphors for the emptiness of modern life. Thus, is The Cocktail Party's pro-found human philosophy slipped beneath the rug of Eliot's drawing room...
...locals that is a delicate mix of dire warnings and creative alternatives. Unless you take steps now, she says--use natural fertilizers, market the cerrado's evergreen flowers and fruits, or turn county-size chunks of the region into nature parks for tourists--your children will inherit a wasteland. The message seems to be getting through: in and around Alto Paraiso, a fourth of the residents live off enterprises that don't involve trashing the land...
From the moment Richard Nixon set foot on Egyptian soil, beginning his historic, seven-day trip to four Arab nations and Israel, the huzzas and hosannas fell like sweet rain. For the President, coming out of the parched Watergate wasteland of Washington, the praise and the cheers of multitudes were welcome indeed, particularly since each stop, each spectacle, was beamed in living color back to [U.S.] living rooms...[H]ome was never like this, and the President's aides were convinced that the accolades abroad would strengthen Nixon's hand in his battle to stave off impeachment. The hegira...
...foils to her emotional depth and intensity. Through the first quarter of the production, their strong New Jersey accents and exaggerated expressions work well as part of the alienating background Julie fights against. Rabbit especially plays the hyperbolic daughter masterfully, serving as a curious specimen of the suburban wasteland...