Word: paranoidal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...praised the quality of Thai cuisine. Still, the controversy rages on. Daily tabloids--yes, they have them in Thailand too--print reports that he's got his female co-star pregnant (although amused, she denies it), that he's been rude to young fans and that he's so paranoid about being poisoned that he's hired food tasters. "This is something I probably have to get used to--lies culminating in something much more hysterical and out of hand," he says, laughing nervously...
...scientific logic is silly and annoying, but since the movie's premise is already ridiculous--who cares? The first part of the movie is carried by Spacek and Walken. With his pasty face and taped-up glasses, Walken skillfully combines the roles of the paranoid scientist and conservative father. His brief foray into the world of hookers and porn shops is a scream. Spacek is convincing as a perky housewife with secret drunken tendencies and a potential for a nervous breakdown. When they rejoice, they do the twist. Fortunately for the movie, they know when to perk up their Ozzie...
...unhealthy, as we clench our fists when the driver in front of us waits five seconds before moving at a newly green traffic light, or as we wring our hands when someone (heaven forbid) has checked their inbox but has not responded to our messages. We have become so paranoid about physical space that we screen calls. We finger-stalk. We struggle to remember password after password, half-recognizing that our information--our data, our ideas--could suddenly vanish if either we or our computers have a lapse in memory...
SADDAM HUSSEIN Just cuz you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not spying on you. And Richard Butler's balding...
...overlap schools can now only discuss information in the public domain, she says, and are "really paranoid," bringing attorneys to meetings...