Word: spiritless
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...claiming that the country must be unified against the North, but Park believes this is the way to keep himself in power. Although his support is weakening, the South Koreans' unity against the North is not. Unlike the Viet Cong, who knew that South Vietnam was internally weak and spiritless in its fight against northern communism, Kim II Sung knows very well of the solidity of the opposition in the South. If he is plotting to take over the South before he dies, as Zagoria so weakly argues, he had better have a good plan...
...Rolling Stone's recent interview with Bowie suggested his new material would be equally spiritless. The man who would have sold the world for rock stardom five years ago is now both morally outraged and bored by his medium. "Rock'n'roll has been bringing me down lately. It's in great danger of becoming immobile, sterile, fascist...." Bowie told Stone while disclosing mis plans to leave rock for films. Adding to our apprehensions, it was revealed that Bowie, with what one assumed to be an uninspired facility, had been turning out product faster than you can say Elton John...
Finally, the spiritless Crimson came to life. Harvard began throwing its weight around and pressing in the Yale zone. At 16:48 Kevin Carr put one past Yale goalie Gerry Stenson to pull Harvard within one. Eddie Rossi set up the play by chasing the puck deep into the Bulldog corner and feeding a pass to Carr, who slid it home from 20 feet...
...stands, Paper Moon is the most spiritless comedy-regardless of setting-on the tube. Sons and Daughters (CBS, Wednesday, 8 p.m. E.S.T.) comes closer to self-parody, therefore to being funny (at least for one or two viewings), than Paper Moon. It purports to show us the problems of what it tries to pass off as a typical high school class of the 1950s. The kids spend most of their time necking at the drive-in or necking in lovers' lane. Or rather squabbling about necking, because the girls all appear to be in a state of permanent hysteria...
...story possibilities are quashed by an inane and deadening parade of spiritless symbols and visual shortcuts. Perhaps the film was meant to be funny. It could be an excellent parody of Eric Rohmer's more pointless works, La Collectionneuse and Claire's Knee...