Word: lovesick
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...flat on his back after falling for Jessica Lange in more ways than one. But -- surprise! -- King Kong was only down, not out, for the count. In King Kong Lives, a sequel to the 1976 film to be released this Christmas, the lovesick hunk is saved by the brilliant Dr. Amy Franklin, played by Linda Hamilton. She replaces Kong's broken heart with, of course, the latest and largest in artificial tickers. She also arranges a blind date with a brown-haired lovely called Lady Kong. "He gives up on the (human) girls this time," notes Hamilton with a trace...
...think is sometimes seriously scrambled. Madonna comes onstage dressed in an elaborate bare-midriff wedding gown to do Like a Virgin, the first of two high-spirited production numbers that close the show. "Will you marry me?" she asks the audience. "Yes Yes!" everyone screams. And in Dallas, one lovesick adolescent male stands up and yells, "I wanna have your babies!" Madonna sings, as she sashays about the stage, "You make me feel" -- hip thrust -- "like a virgin" -- belly roll -- "touched for the very first time." Mocking virginity, mocking sex, mocking, some might say, the solemn temple of rock...
Equally disastrous is this year's greenhouse look advocated supposed to resemble a refugee Technicolor Tarzan set in flower print fabrics that will attract every lovesick bee a five mile radius Norma Kaman's dresses and boxers almost manage to redeem the look, but' all just short...
...Jeeves devolving into Wooster or a starched headmistress is, in itself, enough to supply a right humorous air to the scene. The second act is more of this good stuff: a friendly poke at beastly aunts, a discourse on the proper waistcoat, and a drunken tirade shouted by a lovesick newt-fancier at a public school awards ceremony. The whole thing comes to a good old-fashioned musical finish with a bit of tap-dance and "Sonny...
What would you say to purely tactical advice? Over the years I picked up several emotional maneuvers that might serve you well as contingency plans. When lonely, for example, read murder mysteries; I find them soothing. When angry, choose solitude. When lovesick, do push ups, run a mile or two, or step out with the boys; I don't know why that helps, but it does. When bored, see the movie Bringing Up Baby. When in despair, dress to the nines. I often wear a white shirt to work when I want to pit elegance against the fates...