Word: divey
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...somewhat inscrutable: "Men are wonderfully upfront here. But you go out, you have a lovely time, you're asked a lot of questions, and you don't know if the guy's ever going to call again." Following her nightly performances on Broadway, Friel often goes to a divey neighborhood bar, where she has been learning to swing dance. We suspect that she doesn't run into Dame Judi Dench or Kate Winslet there...
...will linger far too long in the heads of grownups), but this is not the sort of children's entertainment that will knock you out with its sophistication. Larson was not aiming to educate here nor to be hip--don't expect to see the wee stars exploring a divey apartment with a bathtub in the living room. He was only trying, it seems, to breezily delight his young audience. And that he has certainly accomplished. --By Ginia Bellafante