Word: candyland
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...symmetrically begins as the balloon descends amongst dancing angels on a cloud covered stage (created with dry ice) and Clara and the Nutcracker enter the Palace of Sweets in the sky. Balanced on the brink between girlhood and young womanhood, Clara's fantasy of a Prince in Candyland bridges fairy-tale elements that reflect her changing age. The stage sets and costumes in the second act strengthen the power of her fantasy--the walls of the palace look edible and the costumes look like they were made out of sugar and cotton candy. The Nutcracker (Carlos Santos) distinguishes himself...
...that I'd never been a big fan of the color before. It wasn't that I was a tomboy--I was too wimpy for that. And it's not that I didn't do my share of pink activities, playing with Barbie dolls and with pink games like Candyland...
...video store is the modern library. Actually, it's a kind of combination library-and-sweet-shop-candyland, since, as we all know, it is more exciting to be surrounded by hundreds of movies than by hundreds of books. Each visit to the store brings back the hope that upon exiting you will have chosen the perfect film, one which you have never seen and have always wanted to see. Of course, if it's not any good, the whole experience is extremely dispiriting, but that's not important. The actual viewing has been reduced in importance relative...