Word: gasps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...James, the guilty pleasure of the British, tries her hardest to put a cerebral veil over her shamefully entertaining prose. Well-practiced in her deception, James takes typical whodunits and wraps them in eloquent, flowing language. At times, she almost convinces you--gasp!--that a thriller is of literary value...
Speaking of Showgirls, Starship Troopers is also audaciously political and even--gasp!--feminist in its handling of the gender-mixing of its military forces. Gender is never portrayed as an impediment to becoming a spaceship pilot or front-line soldier; actually, neither the film nor its characters acknowledge any gender gap at all. The harmony between male and female soldiers is so improbably complete that everyone showers together in the wide-open locker room. Sexual liaisons do occur among unit members, but cease en flagrante when the battle-siren sounds. Not a character in the movie questions any of this...
FORTUNE Business Report delivers the goods--and goodies--from the day's market action. Tonight: the dark and mysterious "Swiss interest," a bailout alert, and Coke--gasp!--loses...
...Role of Humor in Action Movies, Part II. There is a script imperative to sequels, it seems, to burlesque or mock the story's campier elements. Comedy pulls the rug out from under horror. Pretty soon, though, you have nothing: who has all the breath to laugh and gasp simultaneously...
...unique lesbian twist, the A.R.T.'s grandiose production boasts less interpretation and more explanation of the central plot. Gender roles are returned to their original forms (i.e. Dionysos is male again), which adds intriguing complexities to the play's already-exuding eroticism. There are even a few--gasp--humorous moments found in the new version of this ancient tragedy...