Word: medium
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...unsparing" statements about American reality for which Hanson's work is customarily praised have been made over and over again by photography: only the switch into another medium, sculpture, is novel. There is also, of course, the exquisite irony that collectors who would never dream of having a real construction worker in their living room will pay up to $35,000 to display the fiber-glass replica of one by Hanson: these effigies have the same relationship to social reality as a stuffed rhino does to the veld...
...song to drinking song to torch song to instrumental. As often as not, the only factor holding the individual works together--if, indeed, anything does at all--is stylistic, the musical presence of the performer. An overriding theme must, of necessity, go by the boards; the constraints of the medium make it impossible to Make A Statement in ten or twelve unrelated songs...
Carter's decisions pleased people in the new gateway cities. In Atlanta, John Wilson, president of Multimart, an import-export company, declared that the order "puts the small and medium-sized business directly on the line to Europe." Officials in Tampa, New Orleans and Kansas City predict a big increase in tourism by foreigners...
...singer (Valerie Mairess) and a reserved, soulful-eyed young mother (Therese Liotard) devoted to her two children. Yes, it does portray the lasting, supportive friendship between the two in a way that few films have examined women's relationships before, since movies have largely been a man's medium and most male directors don't have that experience to draw on. And yes, it does convey a valuable message in demonstrating how women can learn to live without men, if that's what their full development as women and individuals requires. Particularly moving is the story of the young mother...
...rates have jumped an astonishing 50%; a 30-sec. commercial on a hit show like Happy Days now costs about $120,000. If the networks can no longer deliver the promised audiences, or even if the audiences remain about the same, TV may no longer be the obligatory medium it now is for many advertisers. Already, some are turning from TV back to magazines and newspapers. In the past two years, General Foods, for instance, has more than doubled the money it spends on print advertising. "We've got a very serious problem here," admits Frank Donino...