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Word: draggings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...perform superbly Teri Garr as Dorsey's spacey girl friend is consistently funny as she tries to hold onto Dorsey as a lover and an acting coach. Her wide eyed facial expressions belie her confusions with Dorsey's unusual actions as he tries to conceal his life in drag. Bill Murray as Dorsey's bemused play wright of a roommate gives a witty performance with his occasional wry comments. Murray remains detached throughout the movie as his character tries to humor Dorsey. Rumor has it that Murray improvised his lines, but regardless of their origin his cryptic remarks...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: On a Roll | 1/5/1983 | See Source »

Citing personal reasons, Long said she had not been happy with some of the changes in the basketball program. "I think it was better for everyone involved that I not play." Long added. "When you aren't having a good time doing something, you can drag others down as well...

Author: By Carla D. Williams, | Title: Two Harvard Cagers Quit; Crimson Offense Shifts Gears | 1/5/1983 | See Source »

Torch Song Trilogy. Son of a Brooklyn handkerchief maker, Playwright Harvey Fierstein began working as a drag queen in East Village clubs at 16. As he enacts the key role, he vividly evokes a mode of life that is alternately hilarious and heart-wrenching...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The BEST OF 1982: Theater | 1/3/1983 | See Source »

...with their new video games. This season moviemakers are playing by the old rules, with bantamweight farces and mellow romantic comedies that are luring sizable audiences to the local Cineplex. The class comedy act is Tootsie, in which Dustin Hoffman winningly proves that an actor's life is a drag. But there are other new comedies aiming to answer the moguls' prayer: that this Christmas will be business as usual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Make 'Em Laugh! Make 'Em Pay! | 12/27/1982 | See Source »

...first thing I saw in the script was that my character was supposed to be weeping offstage. The muscles contracted in my stomach, and immediately I tried to figure out some way to play the whole thing facing upstage. And then I thought, 'What an ass. I drag my family with only $900 in the bank all the way to Connecticut and then think of all the ways I can to cop out.' At the time I was living in a boardinghouse, and I took that script downstairs to the boiler room and I said, 'O.K., buddy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Paul Newman: Verdict on a Superstar | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

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