Word: flamed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Monteleoni has to deal with the most under-written part of Frederick Knott's stage play. Because Rote's cold-blooded instincts are reigned in for so much of the play and only occasionally burst into flame, the trick is to maintain consistency without flattening the role (Tarantino, in his Broadway role, completely overplayed the part, turning Rote into a caricature doomed from the outset). Monteleoni makes Rote a smarmy, slinky villain--an interpretation which occasionally becomes awkward but ultimately gels. He explodes in the final scenes with Suzy in the dark, convincing us that he has no mercy...
...Jewel. "I just wanted to be emotionally evocative." On Deep Water she sings with new authority; on Enter from the East she is tender but never weak. There's only one bad song on this CD: Fat Boy, a song about, you guessed it, a fat boy. "Oh fragile flame," Jewel sings, "when no one feels the same." Aieee! The song is a chilling indication of how wrong the rest of this terrific CD could have gone...
...lyrics are simple and honest: "I had a match, but she had a lighter/I had a flame, but she had a fire." Or, "You're never ever there." There are fewer tricks and traps with irony than on Nugget--the members of Cake allow themselves to say and play what they mean. There is something to be said for a lack of double meanings...
...flame-throwing challenger Linda Smith, a second-term Republican Congresswoman, has built a reputation for trashing money-grubbing colleagues whose spines drip into their shoes at the mere mention of campaign-finance reform. "When have I ever been obedient?" she was overheard asking an aide by telephone last week...
...clear brassiere she wears at shows as for her musical talent. She towers at a height of six feet, three inches (6'7" including her boots and cowboy hat)--at Nashville Pussy shows, she blows fire into the crowd by spewing liquor from her mouth onto an open flame and often kicks her male admirers in the head...