Word: oddness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...suit. And why does Roberts choose to befriend a small marsupial, of all creatures, that he finds in his apartment. But this movie is definitely not, as one Boston critic put it, too weird for words. The comedy of Coca-Cola Kid is akin to that of Bill Forsyth, odd and ethnic, but not inaccessible by any means. In contrast to the supposed Oscar heavy-weights that have gone thud this fall, The Coca-Cola Kid doesn't take itself or anyone else too seriously. Even the apocalyptic closing caption is delivered with a cheerful chirp. So, yes, this Coke...
...maybe not an equal and opposite one. A word is an event, and, as an event, has repercussions on many levels: if there is a whirlwind of starlings crisscrossing the sky, then there will be a network below of messages along the telephone lines, as Mr. Palomar and his odd friends exchange observations on the birds. Calvino is a great writer because he is a great reader--he reads the world as if it were a book...
...spirit, Farrakhan's followers are already allied with white American anti-Semitism; Farrakhan deliberately appeals to that. Recently Thomas Metzger, a white supremacist and former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, contributed $100 to Farrakhan's cause in a not-so-odd gesture of alliance. Haters know haters. But who make up these seething crowds? What are they like alone with their minds? Their minds were not searched at the doors. Who was that woman with the ecstatic gaze? Your daughter's teacher...
Seltzer expects to sell out the 125-odd seats available for both performances. "We may have to go standing room only," he says...
...odd beast that inevitably draws attention. From the lime green railings to the Abu Simbel-like entry way to the porthole-like windows on the side of an expansive brick wall, it is not just a museum, it is an architect's work...