Word: harmlessness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evidence was incontrovertible. But his bizarre psychological state made a fair judicial verdict excruciatingly difficult to render. Milligan, you see, was found to have 24 distinct personalities within him, each one motivating him in different directions--a case of multiple personality never before diagnosed. Some of his personalities were harmless, others just bizarre. But when one, Ragen (Milligan had different first names for each personality) surfaced, Milligan became "the keeper of hate"--and a rapist...
Sounds like fun, and it sounds like the perfect opportunity for enlisted folk to launch some harmless barbs at the big bosses. Can't you just hear the casual patter as another morning of exercise draws to a close, with a stenographer saying to a general...
There's a big difference between Polish jokes and cat jokes because for cats, "harmless" ridicule often leads to physical abuse. No cat remains unaffected when it's been set afire, had an eye shot out, or been locked in a closet for three weeks...
...harmless as the Guardian Angels may seem, they should be recognized for what they are: a trained non-government force receiving orders from an ambitious leader, enforcing a conception of social order in public. While the Angels might seem like a good idea now, such a citizens' law enforcement entity will only weaken the authority of those who possess the only legal mandate for securing the public welfare, the police...
ONLY WHEN I LAUGH Directed by Glenn Jordan Screenplay by Neil Simon It's been coming for some time, but with the release of Only When I Laugh one can make the statement definitive: Neil Simon has ceased to be a relatively harmless, relatively cheerful pop entertainment phenomenon. He is now an imposition-and a tedious one at that...