Word: insight
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...kind of story could do much to correct the myopia plaguing most of us, who don't look beyond the big-story headlines to the rumbling undercurrents. It is hard to deny that it would have been nice if some perceptive reporters of the past decades had had enough insight to sense and write about two of the biggest news-making developments of this century: the movement of blacks from the South to the North, and the desertion of white families to the suburbs. In both cases, there was no "news" until the trickle became a flood, and burst across...
...anarchy they produced. The anarchy in this case is not political but literary; Newman is unable to tolerate the untidiness caused by the social changes of the last decade. For Newman, like Arnold, there are two real classes: those who know, and those who don't. For all his insight into the relationship of Watergate and America's literary decay, Newman remains oblivious to the fact that the distinction between the educated elite and the uneducated masses is an arbitrary one which the social movements of the '60s that affected language sought to eradicate. Social change will invariably take...
...will sell. There are few anecdotes, and, although there are quite a lot of names, few characters. If Prince had concentrated more on only one or two productions, carefully analyzing the dynamics of the collective creative process that lay behind a particular play, he might have provided some more insight into the way a hit musical is mounted. As it is, he has included just enough detail to be tedious, but not enough to be interesting...
...upon a money-and-corruption theme, to say nothing of consecrating six record sides to it. Well, if there is anyone in the realm of popular music that could make such an overworked story line appealing it's the Kink's Raymond Douglas Davies. His magic formula of piercing insight combined with a wry, subtle wit enables Davies to direct his songwriting talents toward atomizing situations of class and culture. Originally Davies dealt with situations that were inherently English, but ever since the Everybody's in Show Biz LP he has been preoccupied with the Atlantic's other side...
...play Lenny, written by Julian Barry, is a well-constructed, powerful piece of theater, which gives considerable insight into Lenny's life. It is based mostly on Bruce's own routines and court battles, but manages to present them with continuity. The bits themselves, carefully edited, represent the best of Lenny Bruce and capture his change in mood and brand of humor--as arrests persisted, Lenny's character became increasingly raffish, his voice increasingly strident and self-righteous, until he was trying to frighten his audience more than amuse...