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...masses: take out the dancing. Granted, eSizz isn't ablaze with entrechats and pirouettes, but it's got loads of modern movement: the mock swordplay and bullfight maneuvers Edward engages in with the ladies; the expertly clumsy seduction that Joyce tries on Edward, with the help of a beanbag chair that drops 30 feet from the flies to the stage floor. The show has more smart laughs than most Broadway musical comedies...
Unfortunately, this kind of abuse is not uncommon. This particular event has become infamous because it is on film and the student’s screams of pain are clearly audible. Seventy-four U.S. police departments now use "non-lethal" weapons (NLWs), which include such tools as pepper spray, beanbag bullets and tasers.Their introduction has been welcomed by many who see them as a safer way to diffuse potentially dangerous situations, particularly those that involve people on drugs and the mentally ill. But advocates of NLWs tend to ignore one resulting danger: their users are likely to become more trigger...
...slacker, version of that story. Owen Wilson's Randolph Dupree is not contemptuous of middle-class values. He's a sweet-spirited perpetual adolescent, who has lost his job, his car and his apartment and lacks any skills the job market might conceivably require. So he moves his beanbag chair and his moose head into the tidy little craftsman bungalow inhabited by his best friend, Carl (Matt Dillon) and his new bride, Molly (Kate Hudson). He means to be helpful, but continually screws up in ways that are meant to be funny, but are, in fact, so stupid and vulgar...
Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the recreation room, that ubiquitous piece of 1970s furniture?the beanbag chair?reappears on the scene. But this time, shapeless blobs are out, and eye-popping new forms and fabrics are in. Designer models are plopping down in lofts, home cinemas, trendy bars, even dining rooms. Here are five you won't want to hide in your closet...
...INOUI As a child, Sophie Larger adored the beanbag her mother made for her. At 33, the French designer now makes her own playful versions from stretch Lycra? "swimming-suit material"?and inflatable rubber. While the padded Doum is irresistible to kids, she recommends parents pair it with a Louis XV commode. inouidesign.com