Word: italiano
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Mambo Italiano...
...someone who is 50 percent Italian, I was 50 percent offended by Mambo Italiano. The comedic exploitation of the Italian family at the film’s core wasn’t a problem—I’ve seen and made my fair shair of Mafia jokes and expert spaghetti twirls. But if you’re going to take the risk of making a stereotypical Italian film, at least do Italians justice by making it a good...
...Mambo Italiano is a mess. So much time is spent making gay, Italian, and Canadian—not even regular Canadian, FRENCH-Canadian—jokes in order to remind the audience of the movie’s irreverence that we’re all about ready to skip the cannoli and go home. Where sexual orientation, ethnic and family issues should be addressed seriously, another joke is made to relieve the tension. The idea of a gay Italian-French-Canadian has a lot of comic potential; in the end, unfortunately, the director is too overwhelmed to stop making jokes...
...Packet For A Packet British American Tobacco, the world's second-largest cigarette maker, snapped up Italy's state-owned tobacco company Ente Tabacchi Italiano for €2.3 billion, handing BAT a monopoly for cigarette distribution in Italy...
...Quakers are a team on the rise. All eight starting position players return from a 2002 squad that finished second in the Lou Gehrig division with an 11-9 record. Led by All-Ivy seniors Andrew McCreery and Nick Italiano, hitting will be Penn’s strength. McCreery—who batted an Ivy-best .419 in league competition last season—may be the league’s best pure hitter and was named the Great Lakes League MVP this summer. Meanwhile, Italiano is on the verge of becoming Penn’s career hits leader...