Word: splendid
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Remarkably few neighbors share the sheriff's straightforward sentiment. Dallas, say his cheerleaders, is not a ruthless killer; rather, he's the last American hero, a vestige of the Old West, a virtual Jeremiah Johnson. In a land of thundering silence and splendid isolation, where a trapper can hike for days without stumbling across another's tracks, this version of the story has grown into a powerful myth. Sure, his fans admit, Dallas killed two men on that terrible day in 1981, but they were just game wardens, the lowly emissaries of flower-fondling environmentalists. Today, in what remains...
Philosophy Department faculty members also praised Sen's scholarship. "He is a terrific scholar", Professor of Philosophy Thomas M. Scanlon said, "and on his merits he would be splendid...
...that the show was bad science and worse fiction, or that its actors, outfitted in futuristic Dr. Dentons, read their portentous lines with nitwit solemnity. The show's only soaring spin-off was Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), in which the cast took a back seat to a splendid special-effects light show that made an eloquent case for the fusion of art and technology, man and machine. Trekkies, of course, consider it anathema -- too much hardware, not enough kitsch...
...fatuous forgettables out of Hamlet, have been revived once again. Poor fellows, they're forced once more to wrestle with the existential riddles of Tom Stoppard's 20-year-old classic. Lucky for us, though, because the Leverett House production is a compellingly clever and lively show, a splendid send-off for the house theatricals season...
Peggy Sue has had a turbulent history, surviving defections by its original star, Debra Winger, and Directors Penny Marshall and Jonathan Demme. But everything finally came together under the sensitive directorial hand of, yes, Francis Coppola. The supporting cast is splendid. The film's occasional lapses never puncture the airy tone; they are easily forgiven, like Peggy Sue and her friends, whose only sin was to grow up. This prom-night balloon of a movie floats easily above the year's other exercises in '50s nostalgia. If you dare reach for it, it will land smartly in your heart...