Word: hustler
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...rather ironic, then, that Riggs is so unmale? Since when has hustling or super-mooching or picking fights with women been something men are proud of? Not since Riggs. The word 'hustler', after all, originally meant 'prostitute' -- it was a woman's wheedling way of getting what she wanted. Fifteen years ago, you might have described Riggs as a sissy, and a slippery one at that. But now he's made it a life style, and elevated it to a full blown ethic. He has devoted himself to an anti-male role, to avoiding all the resonsibilities entailed in being...
Beyond its dubious value as any kind of test of intersex athletic prowess, the entire spectacle is a fascinating display of one man's ability to exploit the times. Whether Bobby Riggs is one of history's greatest hustlers conning the world or just a fortunate zany defies a quick answer. He is probably a bit of both. For a guy who would not know Gloria Steinem if she tap-danced across his chest in spike heels, he has gone a long way with sexism. But a true hustler does not depend on luck, and Riggs was awfully...
Gussie Moran calls Bobby "an honest hustler." Bobby agrees. "None of the gambling I do is really hustling," he says. "A hustle implies that the result is known in advance, that you set it up. But I don't do that; if it involves games of skill, I'll take just about anything. When luck is involved I'm more cautious; I never bet on horses, and I don't like to shoot craps. What I live for is the matching of wits, the game...
Superfly TNT is at least a shred more believable. It shows some flashes of hard wit and has a good, coarse sense of the criminal trades. Priest (Ron O'Neal), former street hustler and cocaine pusher, is now in residence in Rome with his fine woman (Sheila Frazier), living high but a little aimlessly. What finally gets him interested is the plight of a West African nation fighting for independence against a repressive colonial regime. In return for a leather pouch full of diamonds, and the chance to do a little something constructive for a change, Priest gets...
...Cincinnati Kid. Norman Jewison's favorite of his own films, and quite likely his finest. Steve McQueen is the kid who forsakes love and security to challenge Edward G. Robinson's supremacy at five-card stud. This film is for poker what The Hustler was for pool, and powerful performances by McQueen, Robinson, Karl Malden, Joan Blondell, and Tuesday Weld overcome some weaknesses in the script. Despite this glittering cast, however, the entire show is stolen by a cameo appearance by the Jack of Diamonds. Channel...