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...other times, he opens a kind of panderer's box, tempting men and women to act out the vices of flesh and mind that have always been part of humanity's lot. In graphic dumb show or coarse double-entendre, incest, rape, sodomy, masturbation, sadism and masochism are all depicted or evoked on stage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Repertory: Fire! | 5/24/1968 | See Source »

...HARD part of the Columbia experiment came after the violence united the student body against the administration. "Any dumb action, like Kirk's, can alienate a lot of people," said Jay Bernstein, on leave of absence from Trinity and a member of the original strike coordinating committee. "We must educate beyond

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: Wherever He Might Be Next Year, President Kirk Will Remember What Cops Do To Campuses. So Will Students. | 5/13/1968 | See Source »

...queen of spades" suffers rejection because of his unrequited love for a heterosexual white boy. One couple is undergoing an emotional rift: one partner is faithful while the other is promiscuous. There is also an outrageously effeminate guest (Cliff Gorman) who brings a flamboyant birthday gift-a dumb hustler (Robert La Tourneaux) who looks like a slightly tarnished Greek god and costs $20 for the night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: The Boys in the Band | 4/26/1968 | See Source »

...Thespian side, elocution reigns supreme in Linda DeCoff as Hermia, while rich voices can be heard from Margaret Santi (Titania) and Ray Healy (Oberon), both of whom, though lacking subtlety, look every bit the patricians they are supposed to be. Mary King Austin plays Helena as a dumb blond with her hair done up--a sort of cross between Judy Holiday and Sandy Dennis...

Author: By Robert G. Kopelson, | Title: The Fairy Queen | 4/24/1968 | See Source »

...attempts at conversation; Sellers listening to a songstress while exhibiting a polite rictus of squirming agony because all the bathrooms are occupied. But most of the evening is just about as trite and tedious as a real-life party would have been with such a stereotyped guest list-the dumb cowboy star, the stuffy clubwoman, the fading movie queen, the international-society siren, the current sex symbol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Party | 4/19/1968 | See Source »

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