Word: innuendo
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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What exactly is date rape? Well, it all depends on whom you ask. According to a Swarthmore College training manual, "acquaintance rape...spans a spectrum of incidents and behaviors ranging from crimes legally defined as rape to verbal harassment and inappropriate innuendo." The new rape does not necessarily involve force or intercourse. The new rape does not even require the victim's verbal or physical resistance...
What they can do is a lot--a lot of pyrotechnics, a lot of snickering sexual innuendo and a whole stage full of boisterous entertainment...
...much explicit sexuality. Too much implicit innuendo. Too much immorality. Too much controversy. Free expression is fine and dandy, MTV officials explained, but this time, Madonna has gone too far. At least that's what our advertisers tell...
...explicit sexuality goes, it's pretty tame. A nipple here, a nuzzle there--we're not talking hard-core pornography. As far as implicit innuendo goes, there's nothing too shocking, either. A bisexual fantasy here, an S&M fantasy there--fantasies about consenting adults never hurt anyone, not even Rev. Wildmon...
...enjoyable. The duet between a fourteen year old girl (Hsu) preparing for her first date and a middle aged woman (Thompson) about to embark on her first blind date since her divorce is funny and touching. In the second act is "Honeypot," a hilarious satire of the ridiculous sexual innuendo prevalent in early blues. Harad beautifully belts out lines such as "Put your monkey wrench in my sugar bowl," while Salie, as the disapproving psychiatrist, glowers. Even if one scene fails to entertain, no skit last longer than four or five minutes. The show is nothing if not fast-moving...