Word: heighted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...satirical nature of Zappa's material reached its height in the third portion of the concert with the song "Mudshark." A parody of white rock groups who try to play soul music. "Mudshark" is hilarious. Masterfully done, the song is based on a genuinely soulful beat, but it is performed in such a way as to point out the essential ludicrousness of the situation. The highlight of the number came when the two lead singers (former members of the Turtles) showed the audience how to do the Mudshark, i.e., simulated anal intercourse (no surprise to those familiar with Zappa...
...busing of schoolchildren [Sept. 13] because they are white, black or yellow seems to me the height of discrimination. This certainly is not equal treatment as provided by the Constitution...
...matter what his race, creed or financial status, the American male under 5 ft. 8 in.-the height of the average American man-is a victim of discrimination. That is the conclusion of a Cleveland sociologist who has begun a personal crusade against a seldom mentioned form of prejudice that, like racism and sexism, is well established in U.S. society: heightism...
...Saul Feldman told a recent meeting of the American Sociological Association, that no one notices it-no one, that is, except the short man himself. To Sociologist Feldman of Case Western Reserve University, that point is well illustrated by the language. Instead of the neutral "What is your height?", the question is always the invidious "How tall are you?" Dishonest cashiers shortchange customers, and people who lack foresight are shortsighted...
...most enraging scenes in Basic Training seem, at first, incidental to the film's major themes. At their center is a scrawny private named Hickman. He's average height, has a thin, sucked-in face with no forehead to speak of; he is pasted with puzzlement, and he walks as if he doubts he can make...