Word: boredoms
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...unpredictable solar flares. After a long stint in zero gravity, the space crews' muscles, including their hearts, would weaken, and their bones would lose calcium. And it may be inevitable that a small group of people living together in cramped quarters for years would fall prey to loneliness, boredom and squabbling. Admitted Sally Ride, who shared one of her two space flights with six other astronauts in the crowded confines of the shuttle: "You'd have to be very careful about the people you would choose...
That said, the effectiveness of many elements varied—the language straddled the line between highly poetic, nouveau Shakespeare and over-indulgent narcissistic trash; the pacing was slow and difficult, but at the same time, a reflection on the character’s boredom...
...another light, the production could be seen as a witty, sardonic highly intelligent commentary on 21st century boredom, as told through the words of highly theatrical characters whose world intends to highlight portions of this real...
Pigs have not escaped the horrors of industrial farming, either. Piglets have their ears notched, their tails cut off, their teeth clipped, and are routinely castrated—all without painkillers. They are then fattened up in concrete holding pens inside factory farm walls where their boredom causes fighting and psychological distress. These animals can never feel the earth under their feet, root, or even escape the nauseating stench of their own manure...
...cultural observations, genres stirred and shaken, subplots served with a twist. At first, it seems to be the story of Mary, an attractive young Englishwoman who, upon finishing her studies in Japanese, finds work as an "economy geisha" in Osaka to earn money for travel. Mary's adventures in boredom, sexual harassment and exposure to secondary smoke portend a Lost in Translation comedy of manners. But something darker is afoot. Mary is having an affair with the bar owner's son, a handsome man with connections to the Yakuza, the Japanese organized crime syndicate. As the relationship deepens, her travel...