Word: dessertation
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...history it has a tradition of sumptuous meals, sleigh rides, and genteel conversation. The guests, too, seem determined to erase their pasts, or at least alter them so as to erase some present pain. The deepest, darkest secret is Mrs. Cendrars', it seems, and the revelations in the dessert room all might be part of a nightmare dreamed by her, growing from her secret...
...next scene--the bulk of the play--takes place in the spa's dessert room. John Conklin and the ART technical crew deserve an extra bonus for work that went into the design of this set piece, as stunning a room as you will see in the great palaces of Europe. Conklin was also responsible for the cunning costumes, which express the personality of the characters much more stylishly than Ribman's autistic dialogue. One tactic for surviving Sweettable is to turn off your mind and float into a visual reverie...
...greeted by smiling aides, who tell him everything is going well. The chief of staff strides into the Oval Office bearing position papers sanitized of all controversy; the President looks over the choices at the bottom and checks off a preference as routinely as if he were ordering dessert from the White House menu. All is serene...
...Orgasms. Rosie's Bakery and Dessert Shop (243 Hampshire) offers the chocolate kind for $1.50. Other goodies include walnut dream bars and congo bars, which cost $23-$29 per pan, so goahead and indulge your desires...
...surprise the seance flopped. No handcuffs opened. No lights dimmed. No furniture levitated. No unearthly dust blew through the room. What is more, the Houdini contacted by Monroe bungled the answers to questions posed by members of the inner circle. "What was your favorite dessert?" Marie Blood, the great magician's niece, wanted to know. "Strawberry," gasped Monroe. "Wrong," chided Mrs. Blood, who traveled all the way from Pinehurst, N.C., for the occasion. "It was bread pudding," she informed the audience, "with Bing cherries...