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...formidable and frequently forbidding scholarship of his books has not prevented them from being widely read, or at least talked about. From France, the interest in Lévi-Strauss and his "structuralism" has spread far afield. Cambridge now offers a course in his anthropological theory, a recognition seldom bestowed by any university until after the subject's death. The Germans have established a school called Strukturforschung (research of life structure), which adapts structural theory to the study of art. In the U.S., the amplifying academic debate commands the ear and the curiosity of non-academicians. Of his books...
...Broadway Theater, which has averaged about three successes, financial or critical, in recent seasons, was adorned with a dozen - most notably, the anguishingly funny America Hurrah. Even further afield, touring companies - which, according to Variety, drew $32 million in 1965-66 and have never topped $40 million - pulled in $43.6 million this season. That does not count one other extension of the road. London this month is showing no fewer than seven U.S. imports, from Hello Dolly! to The Odd Couple, and Amer ica Hurrah will open there in August...
...Communist label of "imperialistic stooges," he also called President Habib Bourguiba of Tunisia and the Shah of Iran "only the tools of America." He accused members of the federal government of Aden of being "traitors and agents" and called upon them to resign and do penance. Traveling further afield, he claimed that West Germany, which he does not recognize, is "subjected to America." Then he sat down with the visiting Foreign Minister of Communist East Germany, Otto Winzer, to discuss opening diplomatic relations with that country...
...Americans, the summer's travel will be a relatively short-range junket to Canada's Expo 67, the greatest show on earth this year. But for the millions more who want to wander farther afield, there is encouraging news that abroad better basic accommodations, more imaginative frills and a warmer welcome await them...
...LIFE (Elektra). As the folk scene fades, the folk singers scatter. Judy Collins, one of the best, has not gone far afield to find this mixed bag of songs, some sentimental (including the title number, a sweetmeat from the Beatles), some revolutionary (Marat/Sade). Her songwriters include Leonard Cohen, a Canadian poet who makes good use of Collins' dark, low voice and powerful delivery; his Dress Rehearsal Rag is a five-minute saga of a has-been on "the long way down...