Word: merely
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with all Fassbinder films, The Marriage of Maria Braun is slow-paced and often confusing Despite some sluggishness, however, the lush colors used to capture often horrible scenes are visually fascinating. Even when you don't know what's going on, you become entranced by the mere look of the film. Also, Schygulla's performance is excellent: she's alternately the Virgin Mary in slut's garter belt or Bloody Mary wearing a false halo. At its core, The Marriage of Maria Braun is a story of the mental and moral devastation of war, told in a fashion much like...
...knew she was getting married, and we thought we'd like to do something for her," Ayre said. So for the mere price of $80, David danced for Dias and shed his clothes to the beat--all the way down to a pair of leopard-skin bikini underwear...
...food, you know, it not so bad. Not so good either. But what you want, K-Paul's in deh Quarter? Pour le dessert, bread pudding, I swear. . . Est-ce que ma mere etait dans la cuisine...
Commentators call him bold, original, experimental, difficult, exciting and funny. He has been praised as a pioneering post-modernist, shouted down as a strident sexist, dismissed as a mere satirist, but he insists that he eludes all simple labels and rejects the legitimacy of categorization...
...Theatergoers are fortunate to have another crack at it, especially given the uneven quality of this season's A.R.T. offerings. Lately, first-rate scripts seem hard to come by, and Don DeLillo looks to be a valuable resource in the future. Let's hope his promise is no mere illusion...