Word: lovingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Moonstruck's tale of tangled love triangles (Cher's is not the only one) can be highly entertaining, despite a cast of mediocre actors. But it is difficult to tell whether much of the parody that makes the film so enjoyable is intended or not. It is enjoyable nonetheless...
...that she no longer has to spend her days hunting elephants, Watt is making a return visit to her homeland. "I had never wanted to go back, because of the sad memories. But after all, I am Chinese, no matter how much I love America. So I am going back." But, she adds, "it will be as an American tourist...
...dawn. If this setting reminds anyone of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, so much the better, for many of the events in The Book and the Brotherhood make sense chiefly as manifestations of Renaissance romance: frantic and aimless wanderings, repeated instances of women falling suddenly, inexplicably in love with inappropriate...
...petals, stamens and stems bloom into being. Paul Stankard leans back from the workbench at his home in Mantua, N.J., and his broad, open face creases into a smile. "You know what I do for a living?" he asks. "I take $25 worth of material, make love to it for a few hours and then sell...
Stankard, a gregarious man, has his Irish ancestors' love of talking, particularly about his success in life, which he views with incredulity. Is it possible, he asks, that a former glassblower can find himself feted by gallery owners and collectors? "I keep thinking I will wake up and it will all be over," he says. "I worry that people will say, 'O.K., you've been goofing off long enough...