Word: chorus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Kind of Micawberism. Perhaps the most serious voice in the new chorus of protest is that of Democratic National Chairman Senator Fred Harris, who rallied Senators Edmund Muskie, George McGovern and Kennedy to a council of antiwar. They indicated that they will introduce resolutions expressing the intent of Congress that the U.S. withdraw from the war as speedily as possible. "It is time to take the gloves off on Viet Nam," said Harris. "I'm afraid that Mr. Nixon is rapidly losing the advantage he had by virtue of the fact that he could say, 'I didn...
...unpretentious way it combines a variety of styles. Among them: old-line rock 'n' roll (Oh! Darling), low blues (I Want You), high camp (Maxwell's Silver Hammer), folk (Here Comes the Sun). Though the listener here and there finds such things as a vocal chorus or a swash of electronic sound, most of the time the instrumental textures are uncluttered by overdubbing. Rarely has John played better guitar than on I Want You (She's So Heavy), a cunning combination of two songs with a chilling, mean blues throb. Rarely have Bassist Paul and Drummer...
...host of other things, for that matter, like polities and social reality) can often be fairly judged by the crates they keep. When Stanley Kauffman seizes on The Graduate as one of the most significant films ever made, you know something is amiss. Similarly when the press does chorus kicks for James Simon Kunen. Or when Pauline Kael hails Wild in the Streets. Scorecards or who likes what are less important when dealing with art works with little contemporary social content. Time thinks Persona is a masterpiece, but doesn't know why and it doesn't matter. But when film...
...Brandeis, surely the best university theatre around, two productions have been set for the first term. The first of these is the World Premiere of a new play, Hannalore, by Jere Admire. Admire is an ex-Broadway musical chorus dancer (He did over a thousand performances as the dancing gorilla in Cabaret ) turned dramatic actor (His first serious role was as Emory in the national company of Boys in the Band, seen here last spring) turned playwright. His play will be followed by the Sophocles Antigone...
Ivers' music is also scarred by imprecise execution. This notwithstanding, the conception that emerges from behind the cloud of missed notes and dissonances arising from faulty synchronization of pit and state is dramatically and musically satisfying. Job, sung by Channing backed by a chorus, swells to a powerful rant which is the emblem of Job's tormentors. "Chicken in the Free way," a song from White Sale--aside from being savagely self-parodistic--carries the brutality one step further; just as the scene on the spinning table defines Job's position, this brutal glee club number describes the state...