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...despite such fanciful touches, Capra, a master of motion within the frame, never lost touch with reality, which is sadly not the case with the stylish but bloodless Hudsucker Proxy. Most important, he and Sturges, ever the sentimental wise guy, were at heart children of the light. The Coens (Joel directs, Ethan produces and they write together, this time with Sam Raimi) are creatures of darkness. At their best (the great Miller's Crossing or the dizzy Raising Arizona) they are brilliant satirists of the national propensity for violence. But here they have deliberately cut themselves off from their best...
...mostly it's a legitimate boast. At some point every company has to take on Manhattan, with its knowledgeable, picky, I've-seen-it-all audiences and its I've-seen-it-all-a-hundred-times critics. A New York season is expensive too. So White Oak was probably wise to wait until it had shaken down and matured -- the troupe now has eight dancers instead of 14 -- before spending nearly $500,000 for a week at Lincoln Center. Any financial anxieties were quickly dispelled; the run was sold out before opening night...
Most Jews, religious and other wise, as well as most Israelis, probably agree with Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who rhetorically commented to Dr. Goldstein, "You are an errant weed. Sensible Judaism spits you out. You placed yourself outside the wall of Jewish law. You are a shame on Zionism and an embarassment to Judaism...
...devious. It was ugly. And maybe it was a little bit petty. But Harvard's men's volleyball team was smirking after destroying Roger Williams Tuesday night in Providence, smirking like a little boy who has just beaten up the grade school wise...
...England Telephone will offer both Caller IDand blocking to all Massachusetts customers by1995, Wise said. Students will then be able toblock their numbers like other subscribers at thattime...