Word: abscond
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...movie convention that all intricate schemes to abscond with large sums of cash must be perpetrated by terribly nice and attractive people and against chilly, faceless institutions is an understandable one. After all, if we are to enjoy these tales we must, for the length of the film, set aside conventional morality to root for the criminals and against their victims. But in this film the crooks are so pleasant that they practically recede to ectoplasmic levels before our eyes, while the bank they set out to heist is so anonymous that it does not provide them with a properly...
...Brooks' delirious comedy The Producers, two shysters raise far more backing than necessary, then mount the worst musical play they can find, hoping to abscond after a disastrous opening (and closing) night with their pockets full of unspent production money. For their sure-fire disaster, they chose a project called Springtime for Hitler. Had the script of The Great Waltz been available, it might have served just as well...
...last quarter, despite the fact that Harvard was pushing people around (or so the paper said the next day), was spent watching the Harvard drum bearers trying to abscond with the Cornell cheerleaders. The cheerleaders were willing and the crowd roared. Trevor watched with interest as the band ogled the cheerleaders. "Why do they do it?" he asked, this time to no one in particular "Because this is Harvard," his roommate answered with disgust...
...time and place are not 16th century Messina, but turn-of-the-century America. In both periods, wars can be won with small loss and loves pursued with grand stratagems. Courtship and cozening can unfold while the players dance the maxixe. Antoon and Choreographer Donald Saddler abscond with reality so neatly that one is willing to believe in the characters...