Word: fats
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...gain is a peculiarly feminine phenomenon. The perpetual eater, whether overweight or not, trembles when she eats-indulges, feels guilty, punishes herself-or, in control, abstains, purifies. A brownie eaten for dessert can ruin an evening. You are ugly ! You are weak. No one will love you. You are fat, she tells the mirror. When will you learn? look at you! The scale measures neuroses as well as pounds...
...overintellectualize. Because we transfer our reactive mechanism from the mind/eye to the eye/nose/stomach/soul, our appreciation of the art is neither diminished by an inferior education nor a weak mind. There is room for the neophyte gourmet, the connoisseur, the glutton, the macrobiotic, the fat and the lean...
...development, the director should exploit its opportunities for pointless camera essays. Bullitt is an apt example. All scenes last unbearably long because Peter Yates, its "director," didn't know what to do with a slick script except stretch its banality a little further. You a paying audience, are offered fat sequences of self-conscious camerawork, which having nothing better to do than look at the dimly attractive props of Hollywood Purgatory-the pretty starlet, the lush plastic colors, and that good-looking Steve McQueen...
Though the La Costa brochure promises a "new you," a newcomer's first reaction is embarrassment with the old him. During the preliminary physical examination, Medical Director Dr. R. Philip Smith smiles benevolently and says that you are not fat; it's just that "your chest has fallen a bit." Sucking in your stomach, you proceed into the lush, hushed inner sanctum of the Men's Spa. The design is Spanish modern, the ambience neo-Nero. Through glass walls you see a garden with a Roman pool gurgling in the sun. Stationed here and there like bouncers...
Hutton, a physical culturist for 30 years, bounds toward you, pumps vour arm, gestures expansively and exclaims: "Instead of just existing, we're going to teach you how to live! We're going to get the toxins out of your system, burn off the fat and redistribute the muscle factor. It's gorgeous!" BUTT KICKING. First on your Personalized Toning-Up Program is a spin in the Roman pool. As you bask in the hot, healing waters, a gentleman technician offers cups of dietetic lemonade. Your poolmate, a balding man in his 50s, introduces himself. La Costa...