Word: wilbye
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Curiously, in a country where other people pay high income taxes (as much as 50% in the $20,000 range), the privileged status of artists and writers has not raised much criticism, a fact that British Thriller Writer Peter Driscoll (The Wilby Conspiracy) attributes to the Irishman's traditional...
THE WILBY CONSPIRACY
Among more pressing issues ad dressed in The Wilby Conspiracy is the matter of how Sidney Poitier, shackled by handcuffs, manages to . . . well, relieve himself. Mr. Poitier often finds himself in dilemmas of this kind. You will recall, for example, that in The Defiant Ones (1958), where Poitier ran about...
Such odd, frivolous moments make The Wilby Conspiracy a surprisingly breezy diversion. The fugitive pair are pursued by a racist cop (played with excellent wit by Nicol Williamson). A reasonable level of satire is maintained throughout, even while everyone clowns.
Deposed as king in 1967, Patrick Olimi, 28, does not have time to be nostalgic about the old days in Toro, his former kingdom in western Uganda. He has settled in neighboring Kenya and started a career in advertising. But the rigors of monarchy hardly prepared him for a humdrum...