Word: strong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...think of him as 'the master of suspense,' the public property, grand and genial. Most film criticism tends to be dull, especially the kind which tries to give a prose version of the film. This can only be a dilution, so, the first priority should be to find something strong enough to need explaining. This doesn't necessarily limit film criticism to 'art' cinema--good articles could be written on, say, Allen, Scorcese, or Polanski, besides Hitchcock. But - surely - we don't want books explicating Woody Allen, who's obvious enough anyway...
COTTON BOWL: Nebraska (10-1) vs. Houston (10-1)--Southwest Conference runner-up Texas may be ten times more exciting than conference champ Houston, but the Cougars get the job done. Nebraska is big, fast and strong, but they lost to Oklahoma. Houston 20, Nebraska...
Freshman Alex Lightfoot also gave the audience a reason to stand with a typically strong performance. Lightfoot's third-period cross-checking penalty gave the Bruins a chance to pad their 2-0 lead with a power-play goal; but, as coach Rita Harder said later, "Alex gets penalties from being aggressive...
Were it not for the foul line--where both teams had repeated chances to win the game--play might not have advanced into overtime at all. With Harvard ahead by two after Don Fleming's strong drive with 1:59 left in regulation, Flatt was on the line for a one-and-one that would have put Harvard up by three or four with 29 seconds...
...ONLY PERFORMANCE that approaches Clemenson's is Grace Shobet's courageous Paulina, and the scenes between Shohet and Clemenson are the best in the play. Shohet outshines Kim Bendheim (Hermione), who is distractingly nervous in the opening scene but rallies to embody virtue, as Shakespeare intended. Bendheim is particularly strong in her trial scene, where Redford's blocking is also at its best--simply but effectively showing the relative virtues of the characters. Hermione stands on a small box above all her accusers; with their backs to the audience...