Word: drawls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...delirious whirl of the Manhattan club scene depicted in Social Disease (1986), le plus chic twosome is Guy and Venice Huber, dancing their youth away -- and, because they are Rudnick people, constantly refreshing it. With its Evelyn Waugh drawl, Social Disease is Rudnick's revenge on the less- than-zilch nightlife novels of the mid-'80s. So I'll Take It (1989) must be his anti-Portnoy. A Jewish boy who loves and enjoys his mother -- call the cops! Paul's mom Selma and her sisters Lillian and Hilda are the models for Hedy Reckler and her bargain-hunter siblings...
...shoot," he says, looking dazed at the memory. He heard reporters making bets that he'd miss his big shot. "They kept saying, 'If you win this million dollars, are you gonna move out of that swamp?' " he recalls, making fun of his own accent with an exaggerated drawl...
...little feet," he said in an interview last week. Publicly, he has threatened retaliation against half a dozen "unfair" trade practices by the Europeans, the Japanese and others. And in response to foreign officials who sputter about his "bullying" tactics, he says with a tight smile and easy Tennessee drawl, "I think our message is getting through...
Angela Delichatsios, playing "Georgie" LeFranc, holds the entire production together. Her marvelous mannerisms and convincing drawl provide the framework for a fully developed character who embodies much of the subtle nuances of affected masculinity which lie at the heart of Genet's LeFranc. Her representation of his desires and fears provides the primary intrigue for the play, and it is through her LeFranc that the play progresses. LeFranc's conflicting desire and contempt for Maurice culminate in the climactic scene which ingeniously blurs the lines between sexual and physical violence. This radiant scene captures in a few moments the entirety...
...only thing Tex can really do now is skew a vote that might turn out to be a close race for George and Bill. That is, after his sinister drawl complicates the upcoming presidential debates. Welcome back to the game, Ross...