Word: desi
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...time when men were men, women were men in drag, and illegal aliens were from space.”Opening at the New College Theatre on February 5, 2010, “Commie Dearest” includes such characters as 50s housewife and witch Sadie Magicword, Cuban diner owner Desi Speakenglish, half-fish Marlin Monroe, and gay ballplayer Doug Out—all acted by men, as per HPT tradition. The villains of the show, Communist sympathizer Pink Lady Bobbie Sox and nefarious Communist potato Spud Nick, devise a plan to freeze the world. The co-writers are working tirelessly...
...through the '90s, movies houses in the Chinatowns of big U.S. cities showed Hong Kong films; and as the Desi community grew in the States, a nationwide chain of about 50 theaters played Indian hits. But Chinese and Hindi speakers mostly saw their favorite pictures the way we fanboys did: by renting them at specialized stores. Since the films were getting little official attention here, we video savants had two underground treasure troves all to ourselves. (See TIME's All-Time 100 Greatest Movies...
...respondent explained that it "tells you that they're responsible at least for something, for the care of something." Or, in the McCains' case, many somethings: their menagerie includes turtles Cuff and Link, many fish, some parakeets, Oreo the cat and four dogs, among them terriers Lucy and Desi. Obama could take comfort in his 14-point lead among non--pet owners, except that they form a distinct minority of U.S. households...
...Many Indians born in America have tended to sympathize with other people of color, identifying their lot with other immigrants, the poor, the underclass… None of this for Bobby.” The unpleasant truth is that he’s a desi hero for the wrong reasons—lauded not for his beliefs but for his race...
...veteran TV writer who helped define the seminal '50s sitcom I Love Lucy; in Los Angeles. Carroll and partner Madelyn Pugh were the first permanent writers hired for Lucille Ball's 1940s radio show My Favorite Husband--the precursor to the TV hit starring Ball and real-life husband Desi Arnaz. Carroll, who later wrote for The Lucy Show and Life with Lucy, went on to write for every I Love Lucy episode...