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...reasons this version of Pirates is so good is a lack of egregious weaknesses among the leads. Patty Woo is suitably mournful as Frederic's former nurse, and John Corenswet, as the Sergeant of Police, sings the famous "A policeman's lot is not a happy one" with a straight-faced sincerity that makes his an appropriate foil to the zany police chorus. Of all the major performances, only Gregrey Gorden's Pirate King sounds a sour note. Gorden lacks the bellowing bass and comic belligerence to sustain his caricature of the English peer gone wrong. Perhaps some fiercer make...
...unclear. The actors, dressed in a hodge-podge of costumes and too often blocked like isolated commentators on the action, come up each with their own interpretations. Jennifer Marre's shrew submits to her husband with an attempt at audience-directed irony. But Jonathan Epstein's Petruchio tries to woo her sincerely with love. Meanwhile the rest of the cast treats their courtship as a thoroughly entertaining battle of wills--a relationship would not be believed even if it could be explained. The audience is left to guess why, in the final festive scene, Kate is the only wife...
...some of the elements of the old coalition that seemed cool to his candidacy. His choice of Walter Mondale as a running mate was part of that plan. Norbert Dreiling, former Kansas Democratic state chairman, felt that Carter had "blown" the campaign by spending too much time "trying to woo back the liberal wing of the party." Pollster Lou Harris also believed that Carter had taken a large risk by retreating from his independent stance, his widely perceived conservatism, and going after the recalcitrant groups of the coalition. "What he apparently failed to consider," said Harris, "was that the elements...
...their vote. Although Carter's religion and his abortion stand influenced some, busing and school desegregation, which have stirred anti-black sentiment in many Catholic urban neighborhoods, may be the biggest factor in the continuing drift toward the G.O.P. For example, despite Carter's determined efforts to woo Italian votes ("I think it's a shame that someone of Italian background has never been appointed to the Supreme Court"), more than 55% of the Italian vote went to Ford. In the 24th Ward of St. Louis, a predominantly Italian, blue-collar area where...
...Zappa gets up from his rocking chair--his belly button is exposed (an innie, I think), and he's not wearing any underwear under those tight bell-bottoms (woo, woo)--he puts on a stylish coat, turns off the lights in his room (except one to keep the crooks out), and leaves...