Word: outlandish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Instead of cutting this classic Grinch material, they could have, God forbid, cut other parts more easily. The beginning part with the outlandish but stupid Who-toys with odd-sounding but easy-to-make-up names is possibly better left out. Little Cindy Lou Who who is (still) no more than two is not everyone's favorite character (too cute). And for die-hard Scrooges, the Grinch's self-righteous turn-around at the end is most unfortunate. But as this is the "message" of the story, maybe it has to stay...
This is not an outlandish request. Our nation's courts parole prisoners solely on the condition that they prove, for a specified period of time, that they are capable of adhering to society's legal standards...
...through the night as King fool losing his keys, cash and prospective girlfriend in the bargain. Peering around with his puppy--dog eyes, Dunne is archetype Lost Boy--eager to find his way home, but predictably curious about the native customs. Together, they've got to be the most outlandish cinematic couple since Harold and Maude...
...countered, arguing that all Catholics must follow the Vatican's teachings. "When you have sisters and priests and brothers saying outlandish things like Catholics for a Free Choice, you call them on that sort of thing and say. 'No, that isn't what a Catholic can believe.' To be a Catholic means to stand with the Church. If you want to take the option, take the option. But don't take it is the name of a Catholic option...
...will seem shiny and fresh to everyone but dedicated students of South American literature. The bulk of Garcia Márquez's short fiction was written before his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, which was published in Spanish in 1967 and in English three years later. That outlandish, exuberant chronicle of a tragicomically doomed family won its author the worldwide acclaim he continues to receive. Collected Stories offers an earlier portrait of the artist as apprentice, struggling to put together the fragments of a fabulous world...