Word: pastel
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...Edward Scissorhands , the tale of a boy stitched together in a forbidding castle by a lonely inventor who dies, leaving his scarred, preternaturally gentle creature to be discovered by the folks in the middle-class folks neighborhood just below the castle. (In the movie, that street of dizzyingly matched pastel homes was a real place: Tinsmith's Circle in Lutz...
...Rosen ’10) is financially successful, emotionally distant, and possibly more attached to Emma than he ought to be: to use a favorite phrase of his to describe their relationship, “That can’t have been healthy.” Grace (Renee L. Pastel ’09), who explicitly prefers Todd to Emma, is alcoholic, materialistic, and in denial about most aspects of her family...
...Grace, Pastel is blithely unconcerned with everything going wrong around her, but always hints at the hysteria lurking just below the surface. Pastel’s performance is a wonderfully layered take on what could have been a stock “Desperate Housewives”-type character. Finally, as Tommy, Kimmey can flounce off in a huff like no other and is brilliantly funny, providing most of the play’s few non-guilty laughs...
...course, the issue of conforming attire to social norms is not strictly relegated to the black community. Pulitzer Prize-winning black fashion journalist Robin Givhan of The Washington Post likened the family of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts to a 1950s throwback because of their uninspired, pastel attire during his appointment. But the imposition of mainstream style is particularly pointed for the black image, because it isn’t simply a matter of picking out a different color shirt—it sometimes counters not only what is deeply cultural, but also natural. In the case of hair...
...gels, and lately in applicator wands similar to those used for mascara, the bold hair shades are dabbed on as bright decoration, slathered on as an overall tint, or tipped into the hair to match eye shadows or even jewelry. Colors on the market include both vibrant and pastel offerings, with names like Red Riot, Hot Pink and Ultra Violet (although steady favorites are metallic and shimmery shades of gold). Many of the hip hues can be sluiced away with one shampooing; others require as many as six. "They're cosmetics for the hair," declares James Viera of L'Or?...