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...Radio Pictures Inc. “We started off on the wrong foot. Let’s stay that way.” Who hasn’t wanted to whip out a line that sharp? But most of us don’t have that kind of quick wit. It’s mostly confined to the hilarious comedies of the 1930s, particularly “Stage Door,” the timeless story of a boardinghouse full of young actresses trying to make it on Broadway. If modern heroines were witty enough, it’s easy...
...stories, like Clarke’s, are relatively interesting and Gilmour has a fresh wit about him that is matter-of-factly appropriate...
Those who read “Break, Blow, Burn,” and appreciate Paglia’s wit and panache, however, may find themselves wishing she had written a slightly different book. Paglia’s passionate defense of the poems she loves is worthwhile, but a passionate attack on the poetry she considers overrated would have been irresistible...
...classical detective fiction of Conan Doyle with the hardboiled works of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. The two subgenres meet in Llewelyn, the only character with any sort of depth, who narrates his boss’s exploits à la Watson while participating in them with the laconic wit of Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade...
...Bill? Moreover, I must disagree with Gary Taylor's Viewpoint in which he argued against Shakespeare's reputation as history's pre-eminent playwright. Renaissance dramatists Thomas Middleton and Robert Greene were good and even great, but definitely not as great as Shakespeare. My enjoyment of Shakespeare's language, wit and universality has grown steadily over the past 50 years. Clorinda Schaumburg Tübingen, Germany The Price of Victory? I broke down while reading "One morning in Haditha" [March 27], the story of the Iraqi civilians killed by U.S. Marines. Military excesses should never be covered up and should...