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Like the novel/play/movie "Dangerous Liaisons," "Ridicule" captures the air of performance that pervades every aspect of court life. Only the audiences vary. Makeup and masks are only the exterior manifestations of the guile that these lords and ladies use to disguise their intentions. "Dangerous Liaisons," however, contents itself with skimming along the surface of social encounters where poisoned barbs are cushioned in silken words. "Ridicule" actually takes us behind the scenes. Gregoire is a quick thinker, with an aptitude for making perfect verbal ripostes, but he lacks finesse. Luckily, a sympathetic doctor agrees to sponsor him at court...
...hypothesis is that the upper-class students are just really nice people. Barney, the oversized purple potato of a dinosaur, seems nice too. But who's kidding whom? Inside that eggplant exterior lies a thought-controlling devil worshipper, just as behind that calm, friendly upperclass facade is the visage of a maniacal killer, waiting to snare some naive, unsuspecting sophomore for use as a sacrificial offering to the thesis gods...
...projects, those of the House of the Future and the Home of the Past, that Disney's Celebration should be celebrated. Beneath the small-town facade lies a state-of-the-art system that includes a computer network designed to keep the entire community connected. The school's exterior may invoke nostalgia, but its curriculum will aim directly at the future. Here, however, it is hoped that individual progress will not come at the expense of community or family. Although Disney sets the guidelines for town policies, the planned community does not have the impositional overtones often associated with...
...Never judge a person by what you see on the outside. It's unfair if you don't look beyond the exterior," she says...
...appease the members of the Harvard Square Defense Fund, I'm sure that Taco Bell could maintain a subtle exterior, get some nice tables and hire a respectable mascot to keep in line with the rest of the area...