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Word: gyp (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...just bashed in the front door after a night in the bars. His wife Ella (Nina Bernstein), who called the police to get rid of him, is having an affair with a slick town lawyer, and both husband and wife would like nothing more than to sell the house, gyp the spouse, and move out with the kids. The scene's immediacy--with the smell of frying ham drifting out to the audience as Ella starts breakfast--is gradually overwhelmed by an almost surrealistic sense of squalor...

Author: By Amy E. Schwartz, | Title: Twisted but Truthful | 10/27/1983 | See Source »

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