Word: macho
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Durang's characters have their own problems, from perfection-seeking to premature ejaculation. Bruce and Prudence, a wavering bisexual and the tense People reporter who answers his personals ad, share in the problems--especially with each other. "I hope I'm not too macho for you," says Bruce at their first meeting. Let's be frank: that's not the problem for Prudence. "It's just that I hate gay people," he says...
...broke out in the APB (aft payload bay). Mission Commander Larry Cerier of Chicago and Pilot Bill Parker of Friendswood, Texas, worked out the problems coolly. The right stuff. They even got a little cocky. They began to try out banter over the radio in the style of deadpan macho that astronauts affect. When the fire started, Parker took emergency steps (activating switches to spray the area with a chemical fire retardant) and offered a nonchalant little witticism: "Uh, that's a roger, Houston . . . We have standby marshmallows on board." The mission calmed down and Commander Cerier improvised...
...like the Old West, those days are gone. Instead, in Pale Rider, Eastwood presents us with a character who is a walking mixed metaphor of death, kindness, and virility. The new fusion of Clint as sensitive actor with Eastwood as macho killer might actually be tolerable however, if the entire movie was not such an obvious rip off of Shane, the classic 50s Western with Alan Ladd...
...complex, has all but nullified the chance for such straightforward valor. The "maiden" is Spenser's estranged girlfriend, Susan Silverman; her supposed captor is Spenser's rival for her love; her disappearance may in fact be voluntary; her guards are also employees of an unscrupulous international arms dealer; the macho Spenser must rely on help from a lesbian journalist and a matronly psychotherapist; and the perilous rescue turns into a wantonly bloody and ignoble business, achieved with the connivance of morally dubious U.S. Government agencies...
Like the ubiquitous Rocky films, Rambo represents another triumph for Stallone's distinctive brand of macho Americana. Stallone, who conceived of the film and co-wrote the script, is reveling in the popularity of his latest patriotic fable. "People have been waiting for a chance to express their patriotism," he says. "Rambo triggered long-suppressed emotions that had been out of vogue. Suddenly, apple pie is an important thing on the menu...