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...numbers in Young Frankenstein seem more generic, off-the-rack items: a tongue-in-cheek buddy duet for the doctor and Igor, "Together Again (for the First Time)"; a Dietrich send-up for Frau Blucher, "He Vas My Boyfriend"; a predictable parody of '30s dance crazes, "Transylvania Mania...
...flipside, the intellectual’s status as an endangered species is also caused by a sort of leisure class mania. In this atmosphere of intense competition, the college admissions game has been transformed into an industry. Students are sent off to preparatory programs, and their parents drop thousands of dollars on private SAT tutors and college consultants. Ivywise, a New York-based college consulting firm, charges anywhere from $1,000 for a one-time consultation to $30,000 for a two-year 100-hour program. The company promises pleasing results: 75 percent of its clients go on to attend...
...characters, and the show is stronger for it. Myrna reveals a bit of a psychotically vicious streak that makes her far more entertaining, while Myra robs a bank and attempts to flee to Canada. Both plotlines allow Hecht to shine as she teeters on the edge of mania, while Kroop, as Myrna’s son Kenny, has the largely thankless task of being quietly nonplussed by the former and impressed by the latter...
Tipping practices vary widely from place to place but no country spends so much on tips as the United States, nor does any country tip for so many different services. This is not an accident. Our mania for tipping tells us a lot about how peculiar...
Poscente insists he is not advocating multitasking to the point of mania. "Some stimulation or arousal increases our productivity," he says, "but too much reduces...