Word: floppings
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...setting for "Cabaret" was not a new adventure for York from a geographical standpoint, but from an historical perspective. Many of the scenes in "Cabaret" would have been familiar to him from his Don Juan-esque escapades in "Something for Everyone," the box-office flop that York stubbornly persists is his favorite film...
...York patron's taste took place about a year ago, when Dress Manufacturer Larry Aldrich gave the Whitney Museum a mass of paintings by younger American artists on condition that they all be exhibited under the category of "Lyrical Abstractions." The show was a complete flop. Even New York-where the omnivorous appetite for meaningless art categories would test the digestion of a goat-rejected this offering: the name meant nothing and the members had nothing in common. Yet the event did involve a few artists of strong and serious talent, all of whom repudiate groups...
...Stade called the experiment at Mather House "a flop", and Stewart said the freshmen "did not seem too interested," especially before Christmas...
This year, though, the party has been a flop. The once glittering costume balls have paled in half-empty halls, and the extravagant costumes-and near nudity-of other years have given way to cliches of pirates, gypsies and cowboys. Munich's hotel and restaurant association estimates that overall attendance is down by a third...
...People criticize me because I flop a lot, and when you flop, you leave a lot of area to shoot from above," Bertagna said. "But the trick is to know when to go down. Timing is extremely important," he explained...