Word: illicitness
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Cheech and Chong have stuck with a successful shtick for years. People, they have discovered, find it a little thrilling to see illicit drugs on the big screen, thrilling enough that they will howl and yell and carry on at the sight of the drug. And so the pair, aging Chicano drifters, draw laughs with an elaborate series of sight gags and one-liners, all connected to dope...
...Princess would have it, the titled women of Araby are giggly nitwits whose chief interests are TV, pop music and illicit sex. In one episode, an actress playing a Saudi boutique owner confides that many smart Saudi women come to such shops for assignations. In one lurid segment, royal ladies are shown cruising a desert lovers' lane in chauffeur-driven limousines in search of casual amours. In fact, people familiar with Saudi Arabia assert that there are no such pick-up strips outside Jeddah or Riyadh, and that the whole picture of royal carnality in the film...
Harvard's implicit condoning of such illicit and immoral government practice raises serious questions about the role of its Institute of International Development. If Harberger were to succeed as its Director, what future policies and predictions might we expect from a prestigious organization that exerts considerable influence in world economic advising, such as that of Harberger, which only leads to economic chaos and violations of human rights...
...party at Robert's house. In one of those chemically combustible instants, their eyes hold. Their hands and hearts follow. Jerry is a literary agent, Robert is a publisher, Emma runs an art gallery, London sophisticates all. Jerry and Emma rent and decorate a suburban flat for illicit afternoons, which begin rosily but develop nagging thorns...
Seton combines naive hesitancy with repressed desire in her characterization of Reg's sister Annie. Although her mugging and hand-wringing border on slapstick in a garden discussion about the illicit weekend together, Seton's performance overall is humorous and believable...