Word: haplessness
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Brecht's vision is a bleak one. Man, it seems, must plough a course between the Scylla of nature and the Charybdis of conformity to the powers that be. Allegorically speaking, the hapless tutor must renounce his sexual desires for good if he is to continue tutoring young ladies. But while his self-mutilation debars him permanently from natural enjoyment, it earns him only the temporary approbation of the authorities, leaving him ultimately at their mercy. At the end of the play, the tutor doffs his persona and steps forward to explain, for those who might have missed...
...supporters who complain that he is running an inept campaign. Responds Callaway: "The only opinion I have to worry about is the President's, and so far he has not expressed any criticism." Indeed, Ford, sounding like the owner of a slumping baseball team in defense of a hapless manager, has expressed "confidence" in Callaway...
Thurber Carnival. At the Loeb Ex, October 16-18, 7:30 p.m. Tickets available free at the box office at noon the day before each performance. This series of interlocking sketches compiled from the work of the great American humorist is a must for anyone who identifies with the hapless Walter Mitty...
...take as many trains as possible from London to Tokyo-including a few spur lines of the moment-and then back again? This notion would no doubt horrify the hapless U.S. rail commuter and send him reeling back to the bar car. Yet in late 1973 Novelist Paul Theroux 35, spent four months chugging over just such an odyssey. Surprisingly, he not only survived but entertainingly tells the tale...
Then there is Dave, the hapless ventriloquist who tries to throw his voice while drinking a glass of water and ends up with a gurgling dummy. Or the comedian, running out of material, who demonstrates the techniques he could employ for cheap laughs: revealing funny pictures drawn on his chest or hitting himself in the face with a cake-a pound cake...