Word: exoticism
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The premise of Aliens, its emotional essence, is contained in the smaller picture: a woman, her formerly unacknowledged maternal instinct raised to full inner scream by exotic and terrifying circumstances, takes a frightened child into desperately protective custody. The payoff is in the large photo: the climactic confrontation between this...
In Alien and its new sequel, Weaver has been able to commandeer center screen with a character she larkishly calls "Rambolina." Beneath the armor, though, she has found exotic soulmates: "I secretly structured myself to play Ripley like Henry V and like the women warriors of classic Chinese literature." Aliens...
The other characters in the movie have too little substance to really care about, although it's hard not to be bowled over by 20-year-old Tyson's exotic beauty, and Michael Caine as chief bad guy has never been sleazier. Simone's evil sadistic ponce turns out to...
But why slum when you can travel to exotic places like Casablanca (40 Brattle St.). While this doesn't have the savoir-faire of a Rick's or the earthy feel of a Blue Parrot it does have a nice patio where cool drinks feel very good on a hot...
For an excursion into the exotic, take a trip through the summer school catalogue.