Word: realism
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...Warner Bros, animation unit -called with affection and realism "Termite Terrace"-the artists seemed to share the same zany verve that char acterized their creations. One of Jones' co-workers used a heating element and zinc-lined drawers to make his desk into a hot-dog stand, with steam rising from every aperture. Others rigged up an elaborate early-warning system, complete with flashing red lights, to enable everyone to assume a busy air before the visits of a producer whose spluttering lisp furnished the inspiration for Daffy Duck's voice ("Put in more jokes, fellowth...
...diplomatic approach to Middle East problems-primarily including a tough realism about Israel and Washington's role as Israel's broker -came through last week in Kissinger's discussions across the Arab world...
...still a hero in Cairo, but more and more Egyptians seem willing to admit his mistakes. They feel that their country has outgrown the fanaticism of Nasser's day, and they look to the more matter-of-fact Sadat for reasonable approaches. One sign of the new realism, they feel, is that even as U.S.-made tanks were positioned against them not far from the city's outskirts, representatives of an American firm were discussing details of a projected $345 million pipeline from the Gulf of Suez to the Mediterranean. Cairenes appear to be more puzzled than angry...
...should be put off by these proceedings or troubled by their gimmickry and lack of realism. In The Eighth Day, the prizewinning novel that Wilder published in 1967, he has a character say: "It is the duty of old men to lie to the young. Let these encounter their own disillusions. We strengthen our souls, when young, on hope; the strength we acquire enables us later to endure despair as a Roman should...
Admirable as the intensity of Scorsese's realism may be, it remains only realism. It is impossible to care as deeply as he does about people whose minds and spirits are stunted. Though the director obviously sees them as tragic figures, to a less committed observer they finally seem romanticized, pathetic primitives...