Word: parroting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decision endorsed developer Louis DiGiovanni's plans to demolish the building that houses the Picadilly Filly and Ha'Penny bars, as well as two restaurants, the Blue Parrot and Vincent's. The Commission declared the frame house at 119 Mt. Auburn St. "historically significant" as a former Harvard dormitory...
...Williams introduces Bidemmi, a gifted young black girl who draws a world of apartments and subway stops and ghetto / streets. With her felt-tip pens and knowledgeable left hand, Bidemmi gives those scenes an optimistic glow, heightened by a metaphor: cherry pits. Everyone in the neighborhood, including a pet parrot, eats cherries. The seeds are scattered in the hope that one day there will be a whole orchard on Bidemmi's block, with harvest enough, says the last rainbow illustration, to feed everyone...
...Parrot described a three-point date rapescenario: a) a woman is at a house party and a mangrabs her, b) she does not express her distaste,and c) they wind up in an isolated place...
...Parrot also pointed to the problem of confusingbody language, asking the audience, "How manytimes do you have to say `no' before you mean...
...Parrot concluded with a short film depicting arape in a college fraternity after which theaudience discussed their feelings about the video.One audience member volunteered that "the girlfelt she had to be nice even though she didn'twant to have sex." Another called it "veryrealistic...