Word: incognitos
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...Mikado's son, Nanki-Poo (Colum Amory), enters incognito because he is to be beheaded for refusing to marry the eminently unattractive Katisha (Laurie Myers). Nanki-Poo was counting on the imminent execution of his rival, Ko-Ko, thus facilitating his elopement with the delectable Yum-Yum (Amy Daley). To his chagrin, Ko-Ko is executioner rather than executed, and is about to marry Yum-Yum that very afternoon. Happily, Nanki-Poo is able to strike a deal with the Executioner. The Mikado's demand for an execution has imperiled Ko-Ko's life (he being the only person...
Especially since they keep sidling up to promising comic ideas. The incognito Prince meets the street paupers, who immediately steal his vanload of Vuitton luggage. The Prince discovers that even heaps of living cannot convert a slum apartment into a palace. The Prince takes a job as janitor in a fast-food joint and learns that good manners, noble bearing and even heroic action cannot overcome class distinctions. He tries to woo an uncommon commoner (played brightly by Newcomer Shari Headley) without revealing his identity, and encounters resistance from her father, who, since he is Akeem's boss, cannot help...
...there is a plot to this movie. Murphy plays Akeem, surprisingly liberated prince of the tradition-bound fantasyland of Zamunda, who travels incognito with his friend Semmi (Hall) to look for an equally liberated bride in America (specifically, Queens, N.Y.). The plot provides for a familiar satirical set-up: naive, good-hearted alien exposes by juxtaposition the follies of American customs. The plot is about as predictable as an Orioles game; it exists only as a framework on which to hang the gags...
...order to respect the religious beliefs ofall their members, she said Adams House studentshave adopted non-religious names for Secret Santa,such as "Politically Correct Gift Givers" and"Incognito Benefactors...
...identify, buy, store, clean and prepare jicama, atemoya, daikon, nopales and calabaza, among dozens of others. Although some of the fruits and vegetables in this compendium are hardly uncommon to old-world chefs (celeriac, parsley root, arugula, broccoli rab and gooseberries, for example), they can be flora incognito to many new chefs. Not after this...