Word: incestousness
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Those limits are defined-quite graphically-as incest, drug addiction and ambisexuality. The practitioners of these diverse sports are Caterina (Clayburgh), a recently widowed American opera star, and her androgynous 15-year-old son Joe (Matthew Barry). During the course of a summer singing tour through Italy, the wealthy mother and the spoiled boy carry on a tortured relationship that might well shock the cast of La Dolce Vita. Obscene screaming matches and violent brawls quickly give way to grueling sequences featuring heroin injection and masturbatory sex. The film's dramatic structure is built around the secrets the characters...
...this crowded city. Developers, property-owners and some of the city's conservative leaders place condos on a par with apple pie and ice cream. Condo opponents, who include a five-member majority of the City Council, mention the converted apartments in a tone Cambridge usually reserves for incest and the New York Yankees...
Readers who remember this iridescent story simply for the shock of incest forget that it is also about sacrifice and love. Similarly, The Time of Friendship can be mistaken for a bleak vision of estrangement. On one of her annual visits to the Sahara, a Swiss schoolteacher befriends a poor young Muslim boy. They develop a bond that the teacher hopes will lead to mutual understanding. Their differences remain too great, as the teacher learns: "She had assumed that somehow his association with her had automatically been for his ultimate good, that inevitably he had been undergoing a process...
...Last week a more stringent version of the Hyde amendment easily passed the House. It would ban federal funds for all abortions except cases in which a woman's life is in danger. As in past years, the Senate is expected to add exceptions for cases of rape, incest or potentially severe damage to the mother's physical health and then pass the legislation handily...
Told that there was no other legal remedy, the Pittorinos sought a warrant for the couple's arrest under Massachusetts incest laws that trace back to 1695. Shortly thereafter, Victoria and David, who were living together in an automobile, were arrested, booked, and released pending a preliminary hearing in Lawrence on July 25. A conviction could bring up to 20 years in prison...