Word: crassness
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...have watched this past "Jesus Week" with interest. Although I am an atheist, I am strongly opposed to proselytizing my beliefs. I believe that religion is a personal matter. It would be crass for me (or other atheists) to attempt to prove that atheism is the highest truth. Proselytizing is simply incompatible with respect for other belief systems...
...SARTRE DATE TWINS? Hard to imagine why the French find Americans crass. Just last week the two lands almost mirrored each other. Parisians dedicated a street corner to novelists Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir, and Chicagoans dedicated a corner to a literary giant of their own: Hugh Hefner...
...manages to blend Lucas' words into an (almost) seamless narrative journey to the dark side of greed, jealousy and betrayal. A combination of smooth technical savvy, crisp staging and two wonderfully nuanced performances (Lyman and Lopez) creates a freeway of sinful compromise where innocence is only a speed bump. Crass, powerful, aggressive Jeffrey is a perfect match for Elaine's subtle intelligence, creativity and inner isolation. Whenever the struggling couple appear on stage-separated or together-the audience can't help but fantasize about the wonderful story Lucas could have told about them...
Gilman has a tragic vision of a society in which men and women cannot see each other as human beings. Yet her social comment grows organically out of credible, unexpected characters: the co-worker who offers Theresa comfort but also sees material for a story; the crass but oddly sympathetic porno filmmaker whom Theresa interviews for an article. Boy Gets Girl grasps at big ideas, but reaches the heart and the head with equal force...
...model our lives, we have committed ourselves to learning the joys of racquet sports and wine and cheese fetes. With this therapy, we hope to return to the path of naive innocence. The lewd gestures and excessive cursing must be stopped before higher powers decide we are too crass for company and expel our naughty asses and surreptitious flasks into the cold, wet streets...