Word: gloss
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...vulnerability of Fuller's characters proceeds naturally from their unity, If events affect them at all they must affect them entirely. The full measure of their engagement in society is seen in their insanity, an insanity all the more disturbing for its lack of sentimental gloss. Only Fuller could have gotten away with beginning and ending a B picture with a quote from Euripides. His ability to integrate tough realistic directness with terrifying personal experience makes him one of the few living tragedians. But not one of the practicing tragedians; he can't find backers for any of his recent...