Word: watchfulnesses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...success of theater requires an imaginitive leap, the suspension of belief, then the one-man show requires even more difficult acrobatics, an imaginative somersault. In the case of FDR's life, one regrets having to perform such tricks. One would much rather watch a Yalta scene in which the roles of Stalin and Churchill are played alongside Vaughn's Roosevelt than imagine their presence while staring at two empty chairs...
...looking for something to watch tonight, the selection is much better than usual. Channel 2, the PBS station, offers Part 2 of an interesting dramatic series set in the 1880s. The show, entitled Best of Families, will appear regularly for several weeks, tracing the startling transformations wrought upon American society between 1880 and the turn of the century. Everyone in History 1621 should tune in, 9 p.m. on Channel...
Sommers believes people like to watch escapes because they empathize with the artist. "They want you to be liberated, and they are with you all the way, he says. "Of course, there are some people who want to see you get hurt," he adds. Sommers classifies such thrill-seekers with the type of people who "go to stock-car races and boxing-matches...
...direction taken by the camera at the outset of the movie, this time following a young Puerto Rican out of the prison amidst jeers from his abandoned lovers in the penitentiary. Crafted for a theater's stage, Short Eyes as a movie remains a gut-wrenching work to watch, and despite its flaws, the promise shown by Pinero's script should make moviegoers think twice before passing up the film...
With freshmen holding 12 of the 16 spots on the team, and a new coach enthusiastically leading the way, Yale and Princeton had better watch...