Word: karens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Karen Corcoran...
...action takes place late one night after a party in a small New England college town. Martha (Karen Shallo) and her husband George (Pirie MacDonald), return to their home accompanied by a newly married, recently arrived couple, Nick (Ralph Redpath) and his wife Honey (Joy Bond). In the ill-defined hours of early morning, the four play out a series of nightmarish games of confrontation. The cob web illusions that cling to the consciousness are torn away to reveal ugly truths long hidden...
Third and fourth singles became mere formalities after several exciting points during warm-ups. Abby Meiselman dissected Karen Santanielo's backcourt game for a 6-0, 6-3 win at number three while fourth singles player Debbie Kalish embarrassed Allison Ettinger...
...what's a family when you've found a soul-mate, another mover and shaker and eater of Maalox? Tynan's lack of concern for his non-political life is matched and complemented by Karen's similar interests. In a scene reminiscent of Faye Dunaway and Peter Finch's "business lunch" in Network, the senator and the lawyer share information about their upcoming confrontation with the Supreme Court nominee while performing stress tests on their new Posturepedic. Streep, tackling with stunning confidence an entirely different role from that she played in The Deer Hunter, evinces a magnetic attraction to power...
...most successful seducer in The Seduction of Joe Tynan is Joe Tynan. He seduces his wife with false promises. He seduces Karen Traynor with the promise of power and passion of success. Tynan himself is seduced--hence the title--but we never see the manipulation in his face. When Tynan wins in the end, we're happy. But nobody said we couldn't be seduced...