Word: glamourization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Instead of allowing the over glamour of Balanchine's choreography to shine through, the talented company looks like dancing fish out of water, in atrocious, spangled satin tutus, no less. Their smiles forced, the company is unable to muster the crucial showy energy to make the piece a success...
Depp chooses his words and poses carefully, but manages to be convincing only as a particularly promiscuous fantasy lover with all the depth of a glistening Harlequin-novel cover man. His star-power and glamour nearly vanquish his acting skills in a throwback to his "21 Jump Street" days as a brooding teen heartthrob. The camera, too, is seduced, almost comically drawn ever-closer to his face, even when he tries to hide in the depths of his knit brows during particularly emotional moments...
...that's not why the editors of FM asked me to reminisce about my years as a photog. They wanted me to feed the myth. They wanted tales of Glamour, Thrills,and Drama. I discovered that if I scraped together every tidbit of my photographic experiences, spiced them up with a few embellishments, then stole a few stories of photogs who have since graduated and put them down all in one story, I could make my Crimson career sound remotely interesting. So I did my best to deliver...
Similarly, students were given high marks for expressing a desire to have a glamorous career, like a rock or sports star. Typically, adolescent girls scored lower in this area then did boys, a trend that the AAUW labeled a "glamour gap." Sommers rightly renames this a "maturity gap." Since girls mature faster than boys, the increase in the "glamour gap" during the adolescent years should be attributed to the fact that the more mature and sensible girls have more realistic goals than their less mature male classmates...
Sheehan's darkened plate-glass windows are unassuming, overshadowed by the ready-to-wear glamour of Filene's and Jordan Marsh. Unlike the well-heeled habitues of Downtown Crossing, the store's customers are a diverse assortment of Boston's most pious population...