Word: elicited
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...ritual. The repertoire of picture, now a liturgy of stylized question and response, has been made part of the sacrament. Each type of picture evolved asks for a certain image. The set-up of the formal portrait of the bride in gown and bouquet, for example, is designed to elicit a stock response of romantic wistfulness, (or regality, depending on the age of the bride involved). The family group picture produces a series of fixed, forced grins...
There are other traditions in HPT shows too, aside from the singing, music, and dancing--incessant one-liners, salacious humor, satires of manners, silly word-play meant to elicit groans and hisses from the audience--traditions that tend to balance off the offensive stuff. And because director Judith Haskell has worked with writer Mark O'Donnell to excise some of the more offensive sexist jokes, because bits and pieces of the inoffensive material work quite well, and mostly because the music is excellent and some of the dancing is neatly executed, I suppose you should consider going to see Tots...
...point, Bailey heatedly objected when Browning moved to question Patty about her activities between the fall of 1974, when she returned from the East and September 1975, when she moved back to San Francisco. Bailey claimed that Browning was trying to elicit testimony that might be used against Patty in "another criminal proceeding" in the Sacramento area...
Spain now recognizes only one legal political organization, Franco's National Movement. The Spanish police force reportedly uses torture techniques to elicit confessions from political prisoners. An antiterrorist act provides for swift military tribunals with no appeal for those who kill policemen and makes those who criticize the administration of justice liable to prosecution. Even labor unions in Spain are run by the state and strikes are now forbidden...
...such as the celebrated Sackerson mentioned in The Merry Wives of Windsor. This practice was revived in the 1948 British production, but it's a risky business. On the other hand, dressing someone up in a bear outfit and parading him across stage on all fours would today surely elicit laughter at what is intended as a serious and even terrifying moment. Kahn takes the best approach by stylizing the animal, somewhat along the lines of the horses currently to be seen on Broadway in Shaffer's Equus. The bear is undisguisedly a person on two feet wearing a golden...