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...curse. His curse is Waldo, a mischievous cat who walks on his hind legs. Waldo may be a delusion or he may be real, but only Ted can see him. As Mishkin describes him, "he's all charm and cute on the outside, but inside he's pure devil." In a complex play on the concept of the Muse, Waldo inspires Ted to create a like-named cartoon character for the animation studio his brother Al runs. While "Waldo" becomes a national icon, Waldo sends poor Ted to the bottle and in and out of sanatoriums. Paralleling this...
...content of “Complicated,” in that she’s lambasting some guy for assuming a false image to impress people. Gee, is he maybe wearing a stupid tie with a wifebeater and constantly flashing horns in homage to the devil? Why, Avril, he’s perfect...
...join with Stalin, one of the great monsters of the 20th century, in order to defeat Hitler? Does anyone doubt not just the necessity but the morality of that alliance? It is the principle of the lesser evil. As Churchill once famously said, "If I were told that the devil were on poorer terms with Hitler, I should find myself making an alliance with hell...
...largest conglomerate. He ran for president in 1992 but finished a distant third, his candidacy torpedoed by corruption allegations. The younger Chung must overcome charges of political inexperience and the opposition of Hyundai's trade unions, which fear he may fund his campaign with company assets. But if Red Devil fever hasn't broken by December, Chung might just play himself into the Blue House...
...Sixty-seven this year, Jerry Lee Lewis refused to die. What Tosches wrote in 1982 about Lewis in 1962 pertains today: "Still he pumped onward, roaming the country in a dirty Cadillac, howling of the fire and the shaking, seeking his own vague salvation, indomitable." Perhaps God or the Devil has other plans for the Killer. Or perhaps Jerry Lee sees them still wrasslin' for his soul, and as referee he refuses to call off the match...