Word: nephew
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have problems with the second half. "Act Two," says Seinfeld, "is what separates the men from the boys." The chief problem is the Kramer-Elaine subplot, which doesn't seem to go anywhere. They decide to replace it with an entirely new story line, in which the barbers' nephew arrives from Italy to claim the chair that once belonged to his late father, only to find that Elaine has bought it, precipitating a family crisis...
Violins of all sizes line the walls of the shop, and a few hang from the ceiling. Several American oil paintings, including two by Earnest Longfellow--nephew of famous poet and Cambridge resident--adorn the walls, and a collection of Oriental rugs for sale lie near the window...
...Rodriguez and Evelyn Rivera moved in May from Bend, Oregon, to the lesbian mecca of Northampton, Massachusetts, so they could stop posing as sisters to placate landlords, employers (both are waitresses) and neighbors while bringing up Rivera's son Mark, 13, by a prior marriage, and her nephew Salvatore, 11. "The sister act is over," says Rodriguez. "You have to be honest with kids to produce honest citizens...
...splitsville again for Woody Allen -- he's leaving Sony's TriStar Pictures for Sweetland Films, a tiny independent production company. Sweetland is headed by Allen's friend Jean Doumanian, and Allen's sister, Letty Aronson, is a vice president; Doumanian's longtime companion is Jaqui Safra, nephew of the principal shareholder in the Republic New York banking corporation...
...characters, but everyone in authority emerges as a reckless boob -- perhaps because Smith enacts with dignity only those she admires. Still, Twilight is dazzling and depressing, rich in details that subtly illuminate the problem of race. Rodney King's angry aunt, recalling happier times, refers to one of her nephew's companions as "that Mexican." His ethnicity reveals nothing of his character. It adds nothing to the story she tells. But she, even she, cannot think of him without...