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Uncollected Reviews

“Rescue from Philosophy.” New Republic 10 June 1957: 22. (On the film Funny Face)

“I Don’t Want to Embarrass You.” New Republic 15 July 1957: 21-22. (On Edward R. Murrow’s Person to Person)

“The Hurdles of Satire.” New Republic 9 Sept. 1957: 22. (On Sid Caesar’s Comedy Hour.)

“Coronation on Channel Two.” New Republic 23 Sept. 1957: 21. (On the Miss America Pageant)

“Films as Sociology.” New Republic 21 Oct. 1957: 21-22. (On the films Something of Value and Hatful of Rain)

“The Proper Study of Show Business.” New Republic 23 Dec. 1957: 21. (On the films Pal Joey and Les Girls)

“Channel X: Two Plays on the Race Conflict.” New York Review of Books 28 May 1964: 10-13. (On Jame’s Baldwin’s Blues for Mr. Charlie and LeRoi Jones’s Dutchman)

“Seasons of Discontent.” New York Times Book Review 7 Nov. 1965: 2. (On Robert Brustein’s Season of Discontent)