Word: garishness
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...seamless background paper, so they seem to float in space like several of Ritts' portraits, including those of dancer Bill T. Jones. Yet rather than classic black and white, Opie's colorful backgrounds scream in yellow, viridian green, and an ultramarine blue, which matches the color of Vaginal Davis' garish eyeshadow. Except for the tufts of curly green hair which cover his head and sprout from his underarms and crotch, Davis stands stately before the viewer wearing nothing but little white socks and shoes. Opie's photograph fascinates us with a perfect combination of elegance and sleaze...
...Afraid of Virginia Woolf? too is about characters being stripped of their illusions--but here they do it in a garish, Roman-Colosseum spectacle. The conceit of Albee's play--two couples spend a long, booze-soaked night exposing their secrets and lies--has been copied so often that it might seem passe by now. But Davies' production quickly brushes away any cobwebs. Diana Rigg, as Martha, the university president's daughter frustrated with her underachieving history-teacher husband, is acid, sexy and funny without turning into a camp diva spewing one-liners. She is matched snide-for-snide...
...quotations from liturgy--prefigure his highly devout late poems, the "Four Quartets." That's certainly not the idea that one gets from "The Hollowmen," which, as far as I could make out, doesn't actually include the entire poem, instead focusing on some of its most vivid, garish passages...
Demy seems to stress the over-welming aura of these females by a variety of visual tricks. Several times the women are dressed in the same garish material as the walls before which they stand, so that their bodies appear to disappear and their heads and arms seem to bob like other-worldly banshees in midair. Visual indulgences like these are the delight of Demy, whose Cherbourg is a radioactive collection of tuqouise, yellow, red and lime-green. These colors radiate from the outsides and insides of the buildings and on the clothing of every man, woman, and child...
...garish Crimson Key shirt not only helps me identify other members of the group, but also serves as a familiar beacon for first-years seeking help or advice. Similarly, the FUP T-shirt and the Currier and Mower shirts communicate to those both inside and outside the group. They provide a uniform dress so members of each group can feel bonded to each other while at the same time conveying a message about their interests to others who see and read the shirt...