Word: dumbing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Saudis fear that if they go into long-term investments they will be conned by fast-talking flimflam artists. Richard Erb, an economist who once watched Saudi policy for the U.S. Treasury, adds that the Saudis will not buy gold because they are afraid of being seen as "dumb Arabs" who do not know what else to do with then" wealth...
...intended to lose because he was disturbed by the squabbling between his brothers his wrestling caused. "Why did you wait until the 22nd round if you were going to throw the match?" Cosmo asks. Victor replies, "Because I was born on the 22nd." Even Victor could not be dumb enough to get himself stomped on for 22 rounds for that reason. Stallone just wanted to show us a lot of bloody fighting...
...Richard Attenborough's direction, the same touch that made his A Bridge Too Far an hour too long. Nor is there much life in William Goldman's script, which uncomfortably straddles the genres of mystery and psycho-drama. The familiar theme of the mad ventriloquist and his not-so-dumb dummy can still invoke shudders, but the filmakers' failure to find a fresh approach makes the whole thing tedious...
...cliche not used in Rocky and most of those that were. Set in 1946, the story tells of three downtrodden brothers who dream of breaking out of Manhattan's impoverished Hell's Kitchen: a lame World War II vet (Armand Assante), a loudmouthed schemer (Stallone) and a dumb but sweet aspiring wrestler (Lee Canalito). As Alice Kramden of TV's The Honeymooners might put it, what we have here are a gimp, a blimp and a simp...
...fellow has to be nimble. Says Jack Neuman, 45, who raises corn, soybeans and hogs in Sangamon County, Ill.: "It used to be that if you had a child who wasn't too bright, you'd say, 'Son, you're going to be a farmer.' Nowadays, if that dumb kid comes along volunteering to farm...