Word: humors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...matter" at all. Earlier rumors had emanated from New Jersey that Princeton was "tactfully" discouraging Shields from completing the application process; low-level noise that, even unsubstantiated, reflected more poorly on Princeton than on Shields. And when anticipation on campus spilled over into sexist crudity in the Princeton humor magazine Tiger--which featured a list of "Ways to Pick Up Brooke Shields If and When She Arrives on Campus"--Princeton fired the editor in charge: an action that all but wooed back the pestilence of press coverage...
...iconoclastic attack that makes Joan Rivers look like a Buckingham Palace press agent. The palace protocol contingent, which readies the hospital for the Queen Mother's visit, consist of a midget (Marcus Powell) and a very prim and proper transvestite named Lady Felicity (John Bett). Yet, as the British humor magazine Punch noted in defense of the movie. Anderson ultimately remains just this side of decorum: when the Queen Mother finally does arrive--admittedly in a stretcher and ambulance to get her past the left-wing mobs protesting the fascist African dictator being treated inside--she is courteous and composed...
...most Crimson runners, the task was to finish. Some did it in pain, some in style, some in euphoria, and most with a sense of humor Reactions at the finish included...
...moment is quintessential Mailer, combining swagger, a touch of menace, self-mockery and high good humor. Such charm in close quarters could overwhelm a roomful of enemies. How could anyone not wish this impish iconoclast happiness, prosperity, long life, enough success to make him happy and enough failure to keep him on his toes? But mellowness? Hold that for a while, spare him and the rest of the world such tedious peace. Says Mailer: "I've never been impressed by mellowing. Usually the people who have mellowed always have just a touch of sadness, because maybe they shouldn...
Though he manages to tell a tale without diminishing his allusive humor, Durang still needs to work on rounding his characters. The actors in Harvard's production, giddily directed by Actor Mark Linn-Baker (My Favorite Year), are adept, but only Daisy (Stephen Rowe) is given a moment of credible self-awareness. If Durang could bring a touch of the play's final forgiveness to its early scenes, Baby with the Bath Water would mark a major advance in an already noteworthy career...