Word: deviled
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...hypothesis is that the upper-class students are just really nice people. Barney, the oversized purple potato of a dinosaur, seems nice too. But who's kidding whom? Inside that eggplant exterior lies a thought-controlling devil worshipper, just as behind that calm, friendly upperclass facade is the visage of a maniacal killer, waiting to snare some naive, unsuspecting sophomore for use as a sacrificial offering to the thesis gods...
...security is the primary ingredient for danger. As a result, some of us are more careful; the rest of us do the same things we would have done, but with a sense of fear for ourselves and guilt for our stupidity. We make those calculations--reminiscent of some devil's arithmetic--that weigh time and ease against personal safety and a feeling of independence. Either way, we feel like something has been lost...
...aperitif. Inside, the audience laughs along with the gags about women's fear of aging ("If I give you one more face-lift," Dr. Rob Reiner warns Hawn, "you're gonna be able to blink your lips") that make the movie a more genteel version of the misogynistic She-Devil and Death Becomes Her. And the audience applauds when Midler, Hawn and Diane Keaton take comic revenge on their duplicitous mates. In movie theaters around the country, similar crowds registered similar approval for the movie--enough to set Hollywood to scratching its (male) head and to give women moviegoers cause...
...devil is in the details," he said, referring to the general wording of the commission's approval of the concept...
...Devil in the Details...