Word: richardson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...portrayed Richard III as a passionate black comedian who got sexual shivers from doing ill. Henry V offers a subtler challenge. Taken at handsome face value, he is the noble conqueror of a contemptuous nation. Henry is also a bit of a prig: "The cold-bath king," Ralph Richardson called him, "the exaltation of all scoutmasters." Beneath the glamorous raiment one can also glimpse the wily casuist who accepts the flimsiest excuse for invading France and courts his future wife knowing he has already won her as a spoil of war. Perhaps following Olivier's lead, Kline plays Henry...
State Republicans say that while Richardson is still a strong favorite. Shamie will have more pull among working class voters who find Richardson to be too cold, too distant and too much of an egg-head. "The man in the street understands Shamie's politics more than they understand the Law of the Sea Treaty." State Rep. John R. Driscoll (R-Northbridge) said last week...
...Shamie's a salesman he'll tell you that him-self." Said State Rep. Forrester A. Clark, Jr. '58 (R-Hamilton). "He has a very open style he's an easy-to-communicate-with person. Richardson tends to be a little more distant than the average politician; he never tries to be the hail-fellow-well...
Most state politicans agree that Richardson's toughest hurdle may be Shamie. The September 18 primary will be contested among hardcore Republicans, and Richardson will not have the benefit of registered Democrats and many Independents, who can vote in either party primary. But Richardson may have another problem--himself...
Unlike Shamie, Richardson speaks slowly and quietly, sometimes with a cracking voice, and he often lacks Shamie's energy. Nonetheless, campaign aides say he is running a grueling 16-hour-a-day campaign schedule and is trying to loosen up his campaign style...