Word: buffs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brown, co-op houses hold invitation-only naked parties-the only distinction from a normal party being that everyone is in the buff. "There is a lot of eye contact. No one wants to be caught checking someone else out, so everyone just looks each other in the eyes exclusively. There is, however, a lot of across-the-room gazing at people," admits junior Jonathan C. LaRosa. In addition, the hosts provide body paint for public consumption: "Most of us stuck to the above-breast area and above for painting a girl, but some people were into some crazy shit...
...roles, though her accent as the model seems lost somewhere between Los Angeles and Sydney. Otherwise, there's nothing wrong with her performance except that any of 20 other competent stage actresses could have done it. Not many of them, of course, would also look as good in the buff (from behind, for about 10 seconds) or be able to command the kind of hype of which great letdowns are made...
...Fortune (Cathy Ellis). Amor intervenes and claims he can show them a superior power. The ensuing action hinges on Nero, played by Christian Quilici '01. Nero seduces Poppea (Tonia D'Amelio '00), sending his wife Octavia (a vitally austere Eleanor Hubbard '01) and Poppea's ex-boyfriend Otto (Carolann Buff) on a plot to murder Poppea. The outcome, the defiant coronation of Poppea and the happy banishment of Otto and his new girl (Drusilla, ably sung by Genithia Hogges `01), is supposed to be a testament to the power of love as represented by choir boy Amor, but it never...
...really noticed that the actors were singing. The color and expression of various voices were at the forefront of the production, but none of the singing seemed staged. The four leads were particularly strong. Quilichi and D'Amelio occasionally swung a flat, everyday-speech exclamation into their performances, and Buff, in her transsexual role as Otto, single-handedly built the tension of the play, bellowing out against Poppea's betrayal...
When it comes to sedans, automakers are seeking to reclaim some neglected markets in 1999. Chrysler's 300M, its first true luxury car in a decade, is intended to buff up the company's image. Chrysler pulled out of the luxury field in the late 1980s to concentrate on Jeeps and minivans. But while that strategy proved profitable, it seemed to suggest that Chrysler could not compete when it came to high-quality cars. At the same time, Ford hopes to rev up sales of its once wildly popular Mustang with a retooled model that combines the silhouette...