Word: plot
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...side of Saroyan that brings on his failure. Philosophically, he has reached a dead end. The Laughing Matter ends with a suicide, a shooting, and a fatal automobile accident. The book builds up to a point of tension, but Saroyan's obsession with this "bad world" makes the plot resolution completely unsatisfying...
...large portion of the book Saroyan's prose stands out against the anguish of the situation, making the pain of his characters terrible in its poignancy. It is unfortunate that it must all sink in the bog of his plot...
...somewhat wilted plot manages to take on an unaccustomed bloom in Fritz Lang's direction and the acting of an adept cast. Director Lang tells his story mostly with the camera, and gives the picture a brisk pace that helps conceal its slack spots. Anne Baxter makes a thoroughly attractive murder suspect, and Richard Conte as the newsman is such a demon columnist that he apparently never even has to bother to write a column...
...oath as U.S. Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg. In Lichtenburg, almost everybody-including Princess Vera-Ellen, Foreign Minister George Sanders and Press Attaché Donald O'Connor-seems willing to break into a song or a dance at the drop of a cue. There are some plot complications about an American loan to Lichtenburg, but politics yields mostly to gags, pratfalls and love. By the fadeout, Madam Ambassador has not only won the Order of Lichtenburg (which entitles her to be called a Dame-a promotion from Madam), she has also won Lichtenburg's handsome Diplomat...
...animals or the men and the girls? Who was what--can you tell me that? Can you tell me how one of the characters might act in any given situation? Does he make them alive and clear enough so you can take them outside his plot and make them plausible and understandable?" The March Hare nodded slowly. "Well, not exactly," he said, "but he tries." "Maybe he isn't sure himself what he's trying to say," suggested Alice. "Could be," said the March Hare, "but I doubt it. He might be trying to say too much...