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...wrote. The crocodile uppers of a court shoe (a sort of dramatized pump) made for Marilyn Monroe in 1958 shoot back at a 45 degrees angle, resting on 5-in. stiletto heels. It was a pair of Ferragamo high heels that Monroe was wearing in The Seven Year Itch when the warm air from a subway grate famously raised her skirt. Ferragamo's shoes were sexy without being trampish. His come-get-me shoes were elegant, not overt, their allure coming from the fact that they simultaneously revealed and concealed, which is the secret of all eroticism in fashion...
...story about contemporary neuroses -- as displayed by four Parisians, two males and two females unhappy in interesting ways -- Kundera creates a free-form fictional context in which everything, including an imaginary conversation between Goethe and Ernest Hemingway, can be claimed to matter. The Czech author indulges his obsessive itch to tell all without ever turning out a dull or obfuscatory page...
...story about contemporary neuroses -- as displayed by four Parisians, two males and two females unhappy in interesting ways -- Kundera creates a free-form fictional context in which everything, including an imaginary conversation between Goethe and Ernest Hemingway, can be claimed to matter. The Czech author indulges his obsessive itch to tell all without ever turning out a dull or obfuscatory page...
...taking either half of the story seriously. The mystery investigation involves a series of pantomime flashbacks, each sillier-looking than the one before. The title characters are written so carelessly that in the opening scene one cannot be sure whether they are newly wed or suffering from seven- year itch. Their marital discord flares up out of nowhere and ends just as abruptly. The wife's flirtation with an oily gangster fits no visible aspect of her personality. It is also baffling that she seems to find her husband raffish and charming when he is portrayed as an obvious alcoholic...
After hours of fun, excitement and intermission, the crowd itched to hear the Opportunes in a way that only hard-core a capella fans can itch. But when the first three songs did not sound up to snuff, people braced themselves for a very long set, and some left...