Word: frisson
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Dating shows tend to divide into two categories: the raunchier blind-date shows, generally on cable or in syndication, and the more mainstream "relationship" shows, generally on big networks, which combine a frisson of edginess with premises rooted in old-fashioned gender roles. On The Bachelor, one man chooses from a buffet of ladies with ring envy. Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?--ditto. Meet My Folks re-creates a paternalistic scenario that went out with the Hula Hoop, if not the moat: three young men ask the parents', especially Dad's, permission to court their daughter. Yes, Meet...
...parents but its kids. Children are victims because they are being deprived of a prime rite of passage: the discovery of naughtiness in a furtive setting. Once upon my time, dirty jokes were passed from older child to younger like sacred texts from the Gnostic Bible. They had the frisson of the forbidden. Now they are the official culture, imposed by film stars, sanctioned by a PG rating...
...parents but its kids. Children are victims because they are being deprived of a prime rite of passage: the discovery of naughtiness in a furtive setting. Once upon my time, dirty jokes were passed from older child to younger like sacred texts from the Gnostic Bible. They had the frisson of the forbidden. Now they are the official culture, imposed by film stars, sanctioned by a PG rating...
...course, the rapture could soon end. Japan is scheduled to play Turkey next?in the sudden death portion of the competition. But the country has already felt the frisson that goes with World Cup success, and the thrill?the long-awaited taste of glory?has invigorated a slumbering nation. "With their fighting spirit," says college student Sakaue, "we all can win again...
...just because it's croc breeding season. Rick leads us on a 3-km walk to nearby Gubara Falls and the still waters of a shady rain-forest pool. There's not a crocodile in sight, but there are enough croc-resembling logs floating downstream to spark the occasional frisson of primal fear...