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...what's more. the characters annoy the viewer to the point of nausea. Chanticleer comes across as a fowl impersonation of Elvis Presley. Even his nickname is "The King". There is a ditzy Betty Boop love interest, and there is the smutty agent--the movie's only redeeming aspect--with voice hilariously rendered by Sorrell Booke, better known as "Boss Hogg" on the "Dukes of Hazzard." The writer even flirts with political correctness when he includes a pseudo feminist mouse...

Author: By Suchurita Mulpuru, | Title: Don't Rush to This Fowl Film | 4/9/1992 | See Source »

...came from a right-wing school so it's not like I'm gay or anything, but I have no problem with gays, so I figured I might as well," said James T. Hickey '94. "I also want annoy my roommates. I have a lot of right-wing roommates...

Author: By Joanna M. Weiss, | Title: BGLSA Marks Coming Out Day | 10/12/1990 | See Source »

...addition, the Harry Palms (Glenn Kessler) character is completely unnecessary and really disgusting. Endless references to masturbation do not add to the show's appeal--they serve only to annoy or disgust where another character might have added. Kessler's Dracula look, however, is very funny and he does the best he could with a completely repulsive role...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Pudding Heights | 2/21/1990 | See Source »

...erect: running Camembert, soft watches, sagging loaves of flesh held up by crutches. Naturally all this was much more shocking 50 years ago than it is today: Dali was regularly denounced by Fascists and Stalinists alike as a decadent threat to youth. When he could no longer annoy either the bourgeoisie or the self- appointed guardians of the proletariat, he mortally offended the avant- garde by embracing Franco and the Pope, and was duly drummed out of the surrealist group...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Salvadore Dali,The Embarrassing Genius | 2/6/1989 | See Source »

Organized pickets or demonstrations may only annoy the members and consolidate their resolve to remain exclusionary. But a boycott could stop the clubs in their sexist tracks. No members, no money; no parties, no bimbo bashes, no fun. A boycott would send the clubs a message: "You want to be exclusive, go ahead, but you do it alone. We came to Harvard to learn from each other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boycott the Clubs | 11/3/1988 | See Source »

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