Word: egos
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...somewhat surprising result is that this first-term Senator from downstate Illinois, a college dropout whose education came as a crusading small-town newspaper editor, is suddenly no longer viewed as a presidential ego-tripper, the 1988 version of Alan Cranston. At least for the moment, he is running with Michael Dukakis, Richard Gephardt and Jesse Jackson at the front of the Democratic pack...
...independent tramp/sage, an innocently virtuous Candide figure whose crowning virtue is having "refused to join the rat race." It's cool to be a bum, Bukowski tells us. In fact, it's the only artistically valid way to live. We are meant to appreciate this when Bukowski's alter ego Henry abruptly leaves the bed of the wealthy and beautiful young editor Tully Sorenson (Alice Krige). He tells her that she "lives in a cage with golden bars," and shambles back down the hill to the sordid. but politically correct furnished flat that he shares with Wanda...
...revels of the mythic Bacchae in praise of their priapic god, Dionysus. Each principal singer takes two roles. Mom (Suzanne Costallos) falls under the Pelvis' spell, just as her ancient Greek counterpart, Agave, is seduced by Dionysus. When Sonny (Christopher Durham) attempts to intervene, he is, in his alter ego of Pentheus, torn apart by the horde of crazed women...
With her high name recognition and intellectual stature, Kirkpatrick might do well as a symbolic candidate among neoconservatives and catapult into strong contention for the vice-presidential nomination. But she probably lacks the political machinery and electoral record (though not the ego) to organize a credible quest for delegates...
...between whining to her mother over transcontinental phone wires, Lisa, like Giselle, finally submits to Tony's advances. Tony, whose ego matches Baryshnikov's, tells Lisa, "Try to think of me as just a guy." Lisa stares at him demurely and squeaks, "I'll try." But the encounter means little to Tony, so Lisa, with tears in her eyes, runs off and gets a tattoo. Really...