Word: lasse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...party, a tenor sings an old air, The Lass of Aughrim. This puts Gretta Conroy (Anjelica Huston) in a pensive mood: a delicate young man she once loved, and who hastened his death by courting her, used to sing it. In their hotel room, Gretta tells her husband Gabriel (Donal McCann) about this lost love, arousing an unworthy jealousy. She falls asleep, and he stares out the window, as the snow -- symbol of the universe's indifference to petty social preoccupations and petty emotions too -- falls "upon all the living and the dead." Nature, playing no favorites, blankets them...
...Canadian Novelist Mordecai Richler visited what he called "Disneyland with knishes," he remembered how, thanks to the paper, "the painfully shy old maid and the flat-chested girl and the good-natured lump" were transformed into "sparkling, captivating" Barbara; Ida, the "fun-loving frolicker"; and Miriam, a "charm-laden lass who makes a visit to table 20 F a must...
...pedestal, worshipped and competed for? Not be carried off, or better still, cause a little war?" Every character plays a bit of the fool in the course of the night --a refreshing touch--and this is Jenny's moment. But Guinevere is a clever, rosy-cheeked lass and Meyers' performance justifies all the attentions the good lady Jenny receives--from Arthur, Lancelot, and adoring court knights...
Perhaps one might think this viewpoint too harsh and wish to venture forth on the dreaded path to this film. Well, all I can say is, Godspeed m'lad or lass, you had better hurry to catch this one, and if you can stomach more than 40 minutes of this garbage, you're a better man or lady than...
...provocative reading. William King's amusing story of a licentious nobleman and a guileful beggar woman, "The Beggar Woman" and the anonymous "Art of Wenching" are both good fun. John Ellis' "Sarah Hazard's Love Letter," is a poignant verse based upon an actual tragic letter. In "The Rural Lass", Catherine Jemmat's story of a woman determined to marry despite her parents' disapproval, sheds some light on the pitifully subordinate plight of the eighteenth century women Edward Chicken's portrait of "The Collier's Wedding" is a somber depiction of a rural feast that conjures up interesting comparisons with...