Word: masochist
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...Chan, the sweet-souled masochist of Hong Kong action comedies, made four Hollywood-based movies after Rush Hour 2, plus three starring roles in Hong Kong films, but they didn't do much business, and one, Around the World in 80 Days, cost $110 million to produce and took in far less than half that. After 53 years on this planet, 30 as the hardest working star on any continent, with virtually every bone in his body broken while performing his daredevil stunts, Chan may have worn out not his welcome so much as himself...
...fellow writers always asked about why I would end up with scrapes, bruises, and cuts up my arms. I’m quite sure many of them thought I was a masochist...
...With it go the black-clad servers of coffee and sass. I’m not a masochist, but there’s a charm in culling an eye-roll or heaving sigh from a barista disappointed at how I stumble for a half-second before rattling off an order. The joint’s attitude is nicely summed up by its counter-top sign, which depicts an all-too-cheery blonde chatting it up on a mobile phone. The following words are written alongside: “Hey! Cell phone-face! You’re out of line...
...POWER THE GREATEST Typically, Chan Marshall, a.k.a. Cat Power, creates a few bars of something gorgeous and then lets her songs descend into frustrating torpor. But here music's reigning masochist drifts into Memphis and finds some much needed structure. The title track opens with a fleeting musical quote of Moon River and proceeds to tell the riveting--and neatly resolved--tale of a boxer. Empty Shell, a title that once might have been descriptive of her style, has a jaunty, optimistic streak. And it doesn't hurt that the album is full of great playing from River City legends...
...author of a column premised on whining, poses weekly for photos whose purpose is to portray him as unflatteringly as possible—and never complains. This is not because Stephen is a masochist; if there’s anyone who will stand up for himself in the face of mistreatment (or for that matter, for anyone else who has been mistreated, may have been mistreated, or might in the future be mistreated), it’s Stephen. He doesn’t complain because he really doesn’t care. His energy goes to more important purposes, like...