Word: madams
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...very nature, Harlem in the Evening has no primary characters, but a few stand out because they defy ordinary stereotyping. Roger Hoefer is superb as Roscoe the pimp, along side Mattie Mangrum's equally fine performance as Madam Alberta K. Johnson ("The 'Madam' stands for business"). Both are absolutely confident as they strut around the stage enjoying their lives steeped in desire, running the numbers for low-lifers. Roscoe is all jive and no-give, but he's more than just a superficial pimp on the make, because he can appreciate the "eeeeasy role down in the bassss, Rolling like...
...Thuy Kieu. She is beautiful, talented, virtuous-and just headstrong enough to make her interesting in spite of her other sterling qualities. To help pay her family's debts, Kieu sells herself into concubinage and is tricked into becoming a common whore in the house of a ruthless madam. Thereafter Kieu is ravaged, reviled and degraded by a host of villainous men and women. At last, after a rebel warrior who helped her obtain revenge is killed, Kieu throws herself into the Ch'ien-t'ang River. She is rescued by a Buddhist nun and finds peace...
...Freudian quips and tricks can be gently disarming. When a woman voter complained to him about the style of new development houses being constructed, Freud replied: "Madam, for you we shall build an old house." He customarily ended campaign speeches by pulling out his pocket watch and looking at it mournfully. "This was my grandfather's watch." Pause. "He sold it to me on his deathbed." As for his contribution to the House of Commons, Freud says, unconvincingly: "It is not my ambition to liven up the debate in Parliament." But, he adds, with a look as baleful...
...wise old Cuban peasant made everyone stop talking in a small circle of exiles. He asked: "Have you ever heard of a brothel where the madam was a virgin?" R. GARCÍA-BÁRCENA Washington...
...colleagues, agreed that the mock trials had run their course. (The most popular of them had been called Dido vs. Aeneas: for Breach of Trust). And so Bombastes Furioso, the first in a long line of Pudding preparations was born. The play included one female character named Distaffina. "Madam" Augustus F. Hinchman '45 took the role. As Hayward later recalled...