Word: defective
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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Part Three describes the tragic aftermath of independence, the events that swiftly led up to civil war between Jews and Arabs. Then comes the one big structural defect of the production. Just as the war begins, the picture ends. Many moviegoers will feel cheated of a climax -but then they might feel even more upset if the picture went on for another four hours...
...only defect in Michael Murray's direction was a failure in the timing of some of the comic bits, but that will undoubtedly improve in the course of the play's run. Mr. Murray understood the play and used his actors' talents to perfection. He made several delightful additions, like a hilarious mimicking of Pozzo by Gogo during Lucky's tirade...
Attacking any pessimistic view of America's prestige, he noted that 3,000 to 4,000 people a year defect to the west. He contrasted America's $60 billion spent on foreign aid to Russia's three and a half billion, and noted the success of the U.S. exhibition in Russia a few summers...
Third, the liberals are worried about the almost complete disappearance, since the convention, of the word "sacrifice" from Senator Kennedy's vocabulary. (This defect, it must in all fairness be added, has been largely remedied in recent weeks). The program that their candidate--and it must be remembered at all times that he is still their candidate--has embraced is not the easiest and most comfortable for the American people to adopt. He has embraced it, and the liberals have embraced it, in the belief that it is a necessary one for the sake of survival. Therefore, Kennedy...
...Father Weigel sees it, three qualities characterize the style, or stance, of American Protestantism: 1) audacity, 2) intellectuality, 3) modernity. In each he finds a virtue and the defect of that virtue. By audacity, Father Weigel points out, he does not mean "a bullying spirit, much less rudeness." It consists rather of "a naive and energetic thrust forward from an idea sincerely conceived. From Luther's day onward, simplicity of soul and freedom of the spirit were always characteristic of the churches of the Reform." Liberal or fundamentalist, the Protestant derives an "enthusiastic assuredness" from his "unconcern for tradition...