Word: offendable
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Despite this acknowledgment of the shock value of some of his plays, Durang was initially surprised by the negative reaction of some groups to his work. "When my plays would offend people I was sort of surprised. It started out being people in my parents' generation, so I would say, oh, well, that's grown ups. And now I am a grown up. And some people are still bothered by my plays. And I guess is just a question of different tastes...
...livelihoods and combat threats to health. It has acted as a useful buffer in 35 peacekeeping missions, and more than 30 million desperate refugees have come under its wing. Pope John Paul II's Oct. 5 speech to the U.N. highlighted the organization's broad battlefront against circumstances that "offend the conscience of humanity and pose a formidable moral challenge to the human family...
...circus and a lot of comic milling for $150 per person (excluding drinks), means to be the ultimate upmarket version of show-biz spectacle. The decor is suitably lavish. The four-course dinner is ambitious, if too heavily salted. And the entertainment is strenuous in trying to please, offend and astonish all at once...
This film should offend very specific groups of people like... women. And men. And defense lawyers and prosecutors and cops and psychiatrists and politicians and all Asian people (especially Chinese-Americans) and blacks and whites and people who appreciate good movies and people who care about their seven dollars and people who like Chazz Palmintieri and redheads and brunettes and people with hazel eyes and... well, you get the picture...
...there could be hope: if the verdict allows whites and blacks to talk about race more candidly, it will be a blessing. If blacks and whites can discuss race openly and honestly in public and private without fearing they will offend someone else with well-intentioned questions, that at least will be a victory out of a trial that had very...