Word: harmlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...swimsuit issue "objectionable"? Yes. Is it "harmless"? Yes, on the surface at least, as an isolated example of the fulfillment of the "American male adolescent fantasy...
...again, it's the context that's significant. It's true, as Mr. Ross says, that SI's swimsuit issue is pornography. It's also true, as Mr. Zucker says, that SI is relatively harmless. The fact remains that this single photo spread is getting blown far out of proportion by both sides (and perhaps, therefore, this response is doomed to futility...
...grates were harmless enough to look at. Like bicycle racks or bar-becue grills. They weren't very cleverly constructed, however. A bum could stick his legs through, hang his head down, reach with his fingers, press with his chest. But it must have played hell on a poor man's posture...
There is usually one particular street person on the vent outside the dining hall--he is "our" bum. He is harmless and rather pleasant, since usually he seems drunk. However, sometimes there are up to five homeless men on the vents. These men are there when we pass by them as we go to lunch in the afternoon, and they are there--sometimes rowdy and fighting among themselves--when we come home late at night from the library or from a party...
...crooked teeth. He has a cocky, lanky body language, like a scarecrow loosed on a three-day drunk. Basinger is better, fiesty and dignified and lovely to watch. The scene in which she washes herself is unspeakably beautiful. Quaid is fine as the boyfriend, with a charm as harmless and crooked as his bowtie. And Harry Dean Stanton gives another superlative performance. He ranks with Robert Duvall as our finest character actor...