Word: exoticism
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For the actor, the pitfall in recent years has been to regard Othello as a racially conscious black instead of the Elizabethan he always was and always will be. Thus Olivier was the embodiment of a calypso Othello, with a Caribbean accent and swagger. The highly stylized, slightly exotic Othello...
So wrote Richard Brautigan in his poem "Gee, You're So Beautiful That It's Starting to Rain." In this spirit, growing disenchantment with U.S. public schools has produced a new alternative in virtually every state: small, mostly private "free" schools. Influenced by reformist manifestos like John Holt...
"lush, exotic, sensual camerawork."
The foods sold in organic shops can reach for the exotic: carrot cupcakes, sunflower-seed cookies and countless varieties of honey, including alfalfa, avocado, tupelo blossom, eucalyptus, mesquite and thistle. Manhattan's Good Earth market offers 13 varieties of dates (among them Halawy, Khadrawy and Zahidi*), three types of...
After the house, the general setting is vital. Anywhere in Wales or Cornwall will do, and there is choice literary real estate in Scotland and Ireland. The trend, though, is toward more exotic places. Mary Stewart has been to Greece, Austria and Lebanon in search of fresh landscape. Even Victoria...