Word: plot
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...worse, the movie's out, and initial response from both Trekdom and the outside world ("the mundanes") is ominous. When a True Trek Believer says "Well, maybe the sequel will be better" before the Enterprise even leaves dock, you know there are problems. The special effects beat the plot into submission. The dialogue is stilted, relegated to the role of filler between interminable shots of the Enterprise or "that...thing" which is threatening Earth. The actors are often mere props, going through the motions trying vainly to recapture long-lost glory, not given a chance to grow by a script...
...This Sahara matter is not just another conflict between the Maghreb countries of Algeria and Morocco," he said. "It is a Kremlin dossier. We are fighting a war that is part of a Russian plot against Europe itself. Let me remind you that the Moslem Conquest moved into Southern Europe using the same routes that the Russians are using now. We [Moroccans] were then, and we are now, the key to the Mediterranean Sea and to Southern Europe...
Dionysus and the nerd wander off together, the latter eventually drawn into the plot as a sexual outlet for Granny (Bernadette Ward), who replaces Aristophanes' female chorus. He periodically peers out from atop the triangular point of the Acropolis, for no apparent reason...
...plot of Lysistrata is one of those simple Greek stories that is hard to forget. The women of Athens and the other Greek city-states, disgusted with the unceasing Peloponnesian War, vow not to have sex with their husbands until the men make peace. In further protest, the women seize the Acropolis for the duration of the war. The original play is rude, even by modern standards, with men walking around with long phalluses and not-so-veiled references to sexual acts...
Cannibals and Missionaries, By Mary McCarthy. (Harcourt, Brace, $10.95): If Iran is still on the map by the time Christmas rolls around, the basis for this novel's plot is depressingly relevant. A committee of liberals sets off for Iran to uncover the sins of the Shah's regime. On the way they get hijacked and what follows is what critics recognize as McCarthy's most politically aware creation...