Word: critically
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Washington vernacular, wrote New York Times TV Critic Jack Gould, Doerfer's "suggestion" fell "into the category of regulation by the raised eyebrow." By even entertaining the proposal, wrote Gould, "the networks have sat down for the first fitting of a straitjacket. They are confessing that they lack the gumption, economic resourcefulness and pride to lick their public-service problem individually, and that they need the weight of Uncle Sam to spell out specific and statistical criteria of civilized behavior...
...programing, many a listener wondered why the networks had not simply informed Doerfer that their schedules already include more ambitious shows than he was asking for, e.g., NBC's World Wide 60, CBS Reports. Even ABC, lagging far behind, could boast of The Churchill Memoirs. Viewers agreed with Critic Gould that "the notion that a trustee of the public airways is deserving of applause because he reserves for the public weal a total of 2½ hours out of every three weeks borders on the incredible...
...onetime education professor (Yeshiva University), maverick Critic Lieberman bases his argument on the firm conviction that "appeals to 'the public' to solve the problems of education ordinarily result in more harm than good." He feels that "local control has clearly outlived its usefulness," not only because of antiquated taxation and uneven standards, but because it is less democratic than national control. Reason: local control often falls to local bullies and "assorted interests with axes to grind." Not so national control-if it is "in the hands of teachers, where it belongs...
...Lifetime Critic. Hungarian-born Frank Freimann has been a critic most of his life. Brought to the U.S. by his mother, he went to work for an Indiana radio-phonograph company after leaving technical high school. He criticized the company's sets so much-and proved that he was right-that at 19 he was made chief engineer. After a series of other jobs and two trips around the world as a ship's radio operator, he founded his own company in Chicago to manufacture custom sound systems. In 1932 he sold 30% of his stock to supplier...
Currently on a Shaw Travelling Fellowship, Kopit will cut short a Morroccan visit to see his play with a Feb. 4 audience that will include prospective agents, producers, and the theatre critic of Time...