Word: mistakenness
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...accordance with the traditional laws of fairy-tale telling, The Princess Bride has a mawkishly happy ending, reinforcing the mistaken notion that a happy ending is a cliche. Even Reiner's framing device is trite: he has a grandfather, played by Peter "Columbo" Falk, read "the Princess Bride" fable to his ailing grandson...
Like Motown was at the time, the Minneapolis Sound (not to be mistaken with alternative rock's Minneapolis Sound of the Replacements and Husker Du, among others) was new and fresh. Powerful bass, a driving funk beat, suggestive lyrics and occasional guitar riffs propelled the Sound to the top with fans and critics both, a rare feat...
...1930s government scare film, a la Reefer Madness, called "Reckless Youth," in which "Mary Brown" (Carrie Fisher) is a corrupted innocent who contracts "a SOCIAL DISEASE!" Another is "Son of the Invisible Man," in which the original's son (Ed Begley Jr.) walks around naked in the mistaken belief that he, too, is invisible...
...sales devoted to fake military weapons, including look-alike Uzi machine guns and M-16s. Those toys can turn deadly for their wielders, whether they are used by holdup artists who may draw defensive fire from police or robbery victims, or by innocent youngsters whose intent is mistaken by police...
...divorce. S.D.P. Leader David Owen, who had helped found the party as a breakaway movement from Labor, had opposed the merger, citing basic differences on defense policy. Last week he made good on a threat to resign. Steel called that "logical," while decrying Owen's opposition as "profoundly mistaken...