Word: downrightness
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...Fatal Fear, Primal Attraction, Indecent Instinct, even--why not?--Basic Exposure. Who cares, finally? These interchangeable titles all promise the same thing: the black glamour of privileged people abandoning common, repressive sense for a mad moment, thus putting their nice clothes in serious danger of becoming mussed, if not downright bloodsplattered...
REALLY GREAT GOSPEL SOMEtimes sounds like the devil. There are howls, whoops, shrieks, stomping feet, menacing bass licks and orgasmic musical undulations that would be downright sinful if they weren't being done in the name of the Lord. All this is no accident--gospel by its very form has the power to take worldly emotions and transform them into something sacred, something uplifting. Unfortunately, much of what passes for gospel today is too slick, too processed, too angelically artificial to tap into the essential emotions and sublime passions that are provoked by the genre's original, rootsier form. There...
...most professors don't have the guts to give black students the poor grades that we deserve, another writes that we are intellectually inferior to our white counterparts due to our DNA. I think that anyone would agree that these types of messages can be fairly alienating, if not downright psychologically damaging...
While students say that Harvard's grandiose libraries and dining halls can provide a terrific chance to scope out potential partners, most agree that the architecture of dorm rooms can be downright prohibitive...
Some of the routines work much better than others. The clever depiction of Lazarus' descent into hell as a breaking news story complete with a newschopper hovering between the Kingdoms of God and Satan was clever and fun. However, another scene narrated in a stereotypical French accent was just downright irritating. When two actors impersonating Siskel and Ebert exclaim after Frenchie finishes, "That was the worst scene I've ever seen," one can't help but not in agreement. Of the more than a dozen parable skits performed, too many were difficult to follow, easily forgotten and bother-some interruptions...