Word: paradisio
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...their corner of Cafe Paradisio, 12 neatlycovered bins of toppings line the counter top, andcandy-colored bottles of flavoring stand along thewindow-sill. Burnt-orange Egg Nog clashes slightlywith luminescent yellow Banana, translucent greenPistachio and red Apple...
...like this kind of thing you'll probably be mightily bored with One Horse Show. It is a tninly plotted string of gags and faceoffs tracing Rice's life and times, the progression and corruption of his are through vaudeville elements, his debilitating competition with the evil Dr. Paradisio, and the disfavor that came with more "modern" times and from which he was lifted by a political cartoonist who saw in his comical flag-garbed figure the embodiment of the American spirit. The Mudhead Masks, a Cambridge based troupe, are clearly adopt at the kind of fluid hijinks and simple...
...silly papier-mache horsehead keep bounding up to the audience? Why is one fellow sitting on a straw-stack on the edge of the stage, strumming an unidentifiable instrument and looking so mellow that spectators two rows back started betting on when he would fall asleep? Why does Dr. Paradisio (Tamara Jenkins) keep screaming at both real and imaginary audiences about the healing powers of ga-a-a-a-arglin' oil? Why on earth does one actress spend a full half-hour up on a trapeze twenty feet up, dressed as the flying Columbia and looking absolutely positive...
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