Word: patting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gets mad at her husband Ian, who claims he's a vampire and promptly bites her on the neck. Then C.C. tells her sister-in-law Pat, who doesn't really listen because she's too busy freaking out that her 13-year-old daughter Zivia has run away from home. Ed, Pat's redneck husband, is still mad at Ian, his brother, because Ian gave Ed's new play a bad review and caused an actor to commit suicide. Zivia, however, has become a heroin addict and enjoys dancing wildly to "I Put a Spell on You" by Screamin...
...against C.C.'s blandness, some of the other characters sparkle with life. The small atmosphere of the Loeb X is the perfect place to appreciate Pat, played up to sublime perfection by Sarah Burt-Kinderman. Her feather-headed neuroticism never dominates the stage--instead it bounces off the other characters with an ease and naturalness found only in real-life depressed Southern wives...
...that Pat's husband Ed (Erik Amblad) can't seem to muster up genuinely powerful emotions. In a play running at normal speed, he's still stuck moving in 33 RPM. The only real life he shows in all of the first act appears when Pat gives him an overzealous shoulder massage, making him bounce up and down on the couch during his monotonous monologue. What a pity that the life he possesses in this scene is drawn entirely from another person's action...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: Pat Buchanan will not be a part of next month's Republican National Convention program at the San Diego Convention Center. Buchanan, like the rest of Dole's primary challengers, had been offered the opportunity to address delegates and the nation via video presentation, and to appear with Bob Dole in a show of unity after the Kansan receives the nomination. But after details of the agreement leaked to the media last weekend, Bay Buchanan, his campaign manager, released a statement decrying his shabby treatment and calling the offer "an affront to the millions who believe in Pat...
...moderates may have a highly placed friend. Presumptive presidential nominee Bob Dole wants it both ways. He favors adding new language to the plank acknowledging that the issue is divisive, and welcoming both pro-life and pro-choice voters. TIME's Michael Duffy says pro-life activists like Pat Buchanan and his allies need not fear. "When abortion is concerned, the Republican right wing will get its way on both the platform and the selection of Dole's running mate." Terence Nelan