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...ungenerous would say he had a great presidency but was not a great man. That follows the tradition of his opponents who throughout his career consistently underestimated him, disdaining him as a good actor, a Being There simpleton who could read scripts written for him by others. In fact, Reagan frustrated his biographers because he was so complex--a free-market egalitarian, an intellectually serious nonintellectual, an ideologue with great tactical flexibility...
...were not the greatest President, he was the best Actor of the Presidency we have ever had." --John Adams, on George Washington...
...that of "St. Louis Woman," the 1946 Arlen-Johnny Mercer musical revived in 1998. "There was no score," Fisher said, "just scraps of material." Ace orchestrators Ralph Burns and Luther Henderson re-created - and, for the overture and dance numbers, were obliged to create - the musical settings. Topflight actor-singers signed on. And then the inspired rush to turn an old classic into a new one, all in a fortnight...
...like dreaming of becoming a hat blocker or a Yiddish scholar. What kid in the hinterlands would even know that a clear, crisp Broadway vocal style exists, when "American Idol" teaches that pop crooning is a demonstration of wild vibrato work and orgasmic emoting? My friend, the distinguished actor George Grizzard, watches "American Idol" and shouts with exasperation at the TV screen: "Just sing the goddamn song...
...despite his role as a behind-the-scenes actor in many of University Hall’s endeavors, Wolcowitz’s exact position is still not quite clear...