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QUESTION: Saul Bass, the title designer, has said that he is responsible for designing the shower killing in Psycho...
...rock'n'roll parody. The melodies were just not striking enough to break out from their cliches and be heard. Tight, overly simple little tunes, accompanied by only a piano, drums, and a brief, aborted oboe (last year's show had the advantage of a charming flute and steady bass behind the songs), they were too thin to matter much. One song, "What Sort of Man," written by Sharon Stokes, started to move towards a little more richness and subtletly, but ended two minutes too soon...
...each to help clear their throats. No dice. A friendly bondsman put up $1,300,000 for bail, the grand jury got nothing but grunts, and then it was back to La Stella's for that delayed lunch: escarole in brodo, linguini in clam sauce, striped bass, and wine. And just to show no hard feelings, they even raised a glass and fork in toast to newsphotographers and to the D.A.'s plainclothesmen at the next table...
...operatic debut, flawlessly performed the role of Cornelia, effortlessly pouring out great billows of plum-shaded singing that served as a lush backdrop for the vocal scrollwork of the other principal singers. Where they thrilled, she caressed. Predictably, the heaviest applause went to Soprano Beverly Sills as Cleopatra and Bass-Baritone Norman Treigle as Caesar...
...twiddling of knobs there may be a masturbatory equivalent. Certainly the ability to take control of a situation relieves anxiety, and what control is given to the manipulator of a hi-fi apparatus when with the flick of a wrist he may attenuate his treble, emphasize his bass, turn down the volume to a whisper, or blast the neighbors with a Niagara of sound...