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Marat Sade thus presents a dual challenge to its cast--they must portray both lofty historical figures and loonies at the same time. The actors attack this problem with great skill, capturing the madness and hysteria of France's Reign of Terror as well as of the grimmer episodes of the 20th century. Directed by Maja Hellmold, this Marat/Sade suceeds in drawing us into an asylum that is a microcosm of our own crazy world...
...seemingly oblivious to the carnage. By contrast, Saddam Hussein, who now wants to bring the war to an end while he still has a job and a country, began to look almost like a humanitarian. Last week, however, there was evidence that tended to put matters back into a grimmer perspective. From Washington and elsewhere came convincing reports that Saddam Hussein's forces have been using poison gas against the Iranians...
...characters speak for themselves. This film is not as endearing as last year's film version of Hinton's Tex, the story of a pair of abandoned Oklahoma brothers who provide both support and tension for each other. But it similarly possesses vivid characters developed almost physical professor, the grimmer most abased with his laugh guy role and best at playing it. Both Machio and Howell effectively display the repulsive and magnetic ethos of being one of the boys...
Indeed, during his tenure, MacNeil has noticed politics bending more and more under the weight of television and its big brother, money. Advertising that verges on libel has become the norm, he points out, adding, "The spending of such huge sums on congressional campaigns gives a grimmer and darker meaning to the old joke: 'We have the best Congress-that money can buy.' " Despite these ominous trends, MacNeil still reacts with undiminished excitement to an election. This year, after a voting night watch until 2 a.m. and facing a breakfast appointment followed by a day of press conferences...
Things are looking grimmer every day at Harvard's Yenching Library...