Word: denouement
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What's infuriating about the denouement of the Divisional Playoffs isn't that Seattle and New York were gypped (That is, if you really believe that Sandy Alomar slid across home plate without leaving any dirt on it). Both went down to teams that, over the course of four and five-game series, proved their mettle with clearly superior starting pitching and clutch hitting, and wholly deserve their spots in the Championship Series...
...particularly witty scene--in fact, the funniest in the entire show--presents a satirical parody of "showboat" theater, the kind of absurd melodrama that makes the framing drama look great in comparison, and reaches its pinnacle of hilarity with Cap'n Andy's spirited one-man enactment of the denouement and the wonderful punchline: "Curtain! No refunds." And the irresistible swing of "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" will have you humming or whistling it before you exit the theater. No wonder that song, along with "Ol' Man River," keeps cropping up. This is assuredly a production that makes...
...NATURE OF DENOUEMENT] Difficult. The status of the union has been tabloid fodder before...
...NATURE OF DENOUEMENT] Friendly, or so it seems...
NATURE OF DENOUEMENT Nasty. She got a restraining order, claiming he hit her and was a manic depressive...