Word: juicier
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...took juicier stuff than that to convict four city officials in 1982 on a variety of charges involving tax evasion, bribery and extortion in connection with their city positions--convictions which gave momentum to an investigation of the White machine by U.S. Attorney William F. Weld '66 Quite simply, it was the blatant extortion of money from city employees, forcing them to contribute to the Kevin White Committee (the mayor's campaign fund) if they wanted to keep their jobs, which caused the scandal. The mayor can argue publicly that it's in their best interests to support the incumbent...
...more. What motivates this evil monster? Has the lust for power driven Caligula mad? Is he the master or the slave of his decadent society? Who cares? Not the makers of Caligula, since they dispense with such trivialities as plot, character, and thematic development, in favor of the juicier and more exploitative aspects of the story. The film is a two-and-a-half-hour parade of gruesome tortures and unexciting sex to the tune of strange wailing and chanting on the soundtrack. So much for artistic and social significance...