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Word: medusa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...peasant woman. Her husband returns from a trip, discovers her infidelity and slits open her belly, releasing hundreds of tiny snakes, which he tries to kill. But one slithers to safety. It grows into snake-girl Soraya, played by Pich Chanboramey. With a magic ring she can transform her Medusa-like locks into normal hair, but not forever. When Soraya loses her virginity, she is fated to change into a serpent forever. And then she falls in love...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medusa on the Mekong | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

...VILLA MEDUSA (Sweden) Eight young people in a gorgeous villa--well, where's the sadistic fun in that? As they arrive, they're relieved of money and credit cards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reality Bites Back | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

...term? Why is The Fox and the Hound a Disney Masterpiece? Whatever.) So, looking at those, you'll realize a common feature - the best Disney movies all have _female_ villains. Everyone remembers Cruela de Vil, the Wicked Queen in Snow White, Ursula the Sea Witch, Maleficent, Madame Medusa - but who remembers the fat guy in Pocohontas, the evil dude in The Aristocats, or any of the various gun-toting hunters? The truth is, the femme fatales are the nastiest, most memorable characters - kids have nightmares about them, adults actually see menace in their evil, they just _last_ longer...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: In the (K)now | 5/5/2000 | See Source »

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