Word: mope
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...spent at Epcot, and for those who haven?t been there in a while, I have this happy news to report: It?s not just science and culture any more. Somebody whispered in Epcot?s ear along the way, ?Rides. It?s the rides, you mope. The folks - they like rides.? Now you?ve got hyper-exciting attractions like ?Test Track? and especially this year?s ?Mission: SPACE,? as well as 3-D movies (?Honey, I Shrunk the Audience?) and bio-medical thrill rides (?Body Wars...
Enough with swashbuckling. In Secret Window, due in April, Pirate of the Caribbean JOHNNY DEPP returns to what he does best--a good mope. Depp plays a depressed writer suffering through a divorce and accused of plagiarism by a creepy farmer (John Turturro). "One of the keys to [Depp's] character is his degree of bed head," says David Koepp, writer and director of the Stephen King adaptation. It's nice to see a guy get back to his (unbleached) roots...
...bastard stepchild of the great ’80s mope-wave bands and the psychedelic ’70s acidheads, British Sea Power successfully mine both influences for some sturdy hooks. The lyrics may be unnecessarily dense (“Then we’ll hyperventilate in the old forest/Then I will see all those things, things that cannot be seen”), but are delivered with palpable conviction...
...It’s difficult to set that aside, your own personal problems, and just be a part of the team,” she said. “It wouldn’t make sense for me to mope around and act like it was the end of the world. So I try to do my best...
...sounds oddly familiar. Assigned to learn one another's national anthems, the dozen Big Brother Africa contestants cannot even agree on who should sing first. After an initial blowup, Bayo, an argumentative economist from Nigeria, says he has been insulted by Kenyan psychology student Alex and slinks off to mope, complaining that "nobody listens to me." "Don't behave in this way," advises Stefan, a forensic psychologist from Namibia, "because the entire house will suffer." The contestants on the African reality-television program may be divided, but their antics have united viewers across the continent - and in the process created...