Word: deviled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Jackie is aided in her pursuit of stardom by her enterprising 14-year-old cousin Angus, played by Ross O'Donovan, an impish devil with Charlie Chaplin looks and an impeccable comic sense. Never to be found without his copy of Sexual Symbolism, at one point he accuses his grandmother of penis envy; his devotion to his cousin hints at the charmingly incestuous. So much for youthful innocence...
...hallmark of the original Sting was its ragtime piano theme "The Entertainer," which sums up the irresistible devil-may-care attitude Newman and Redford brought to life. Though unbelievably canny, the characters in the original seemed extremely vulnerable; the risks they were taking appeared real. The sequel contains a multitude of tricks, but lacks the force to raise any of them to such reality. The background music for Sting II is appropriately the famous piano rag--mutilated in an adaptation...
...That (1929), an autobiography that survives rereading with its old pleasures and astonishments intact. There was, for example, the official report that Graves had died of wounds when, in fact, he was recovering. Remarked Siegfried Sassoon, a greatly relieved comrade-in-arms and fellow poet: "Silly old devil... he always manages to do things differently from other people...
...wonderful life, crowded with friends from T.E. Lawrence to Ava Gardner. Seymour-Smith embraces them all in garlands of Graves' verse, notably "The Devil's Advice to Storytellers...
...abductors were members of a freaky religious cult, and included its leader, Lindberg Sanders, 49, an unemployed construction worker. Besides refusing to eat pork or drink water, they believed police to be agents of the devil. After 30 hours of futile negotiations, the authorities surrounding the house became convinced that Officer Hester had been murdered. Six members of TACT (for Tactical Apprehension Containment Team), stormed the dwelling, and in the ensuing struggle all seven cultists were killed. Hester was found inside, badly battered and dead for several hours...