Word: drawled
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...such firm loyalists, ideology knows no borders. "I think Bruce Springsteen is a blind nationalist," proclaims the former trooper in the easy drawl he has copied from Florida deejays. "Sure! Just look at that title, Born in the U.S.A.!" Even here, though, things are not quite as clear as they seem. In the ex-soldier's spacious home off once splendorous Fifth Avenue, a picture of Che Guevara stares across at an equally large poster of Barry Manilow. Downtown in central Havana, a 15-year-old schoolgirl goes him one better. On top of her dresser she has carefully fashioned...
This monstrous synthesis comes to life on such creations as "DMZ." Davis sings in a Louisiana drawl about a dangerous neighborhood, while LeBlanc and bassist Ned "Hoaky" Hickel shout punk-style, "DMZ! DMZ!" Hickel's rockabilly bass thrums up and down the scale, while LeBlanc pounds violently and Davis' guitar screeches. The combination is hilarious but effective; it makes you want to get up and stomp, perhaps on a small animal...
Silent Sins taxes its two male players, who take on roles as husbands, lovers, and police officers. Joe Song's distinctive drawl adds interest to his otherwise routine performance...
...Freeport. (By the way, Mom, how's the weather back home?) "Let's have dinner," said Remar when we spoke on the phone. "But how about a bike ride first?" I blanched but dutifully headed over to his modest three- bedroom house. Initial impression: Georgia gentleman, soft-spoken, slight drawl, impeccable manners -- he lowered the bike seat for me. Yes, yes, about the body. Well, I have to say I was impressed. In his "before" pictures he resembled a bloated puffer fish. At 6 ft. 1 in., he tipped the scale at 201 lbs., a lot of it jelly around...
Upon hearing that he planned to flee Hollywood for Cambridge, Ken Howard recalls his mother saying in her North Carolina drawl, "Isn't that delightful dear, but perhaps you could talk to the producers. Maybe you could go into a coma...