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Gossips have speculated that the dream couple has not been living happily ever after. Onscreen, they displayed the gentle chafing that is the sign of marital harmony, not discord. Diana, far from coming across as the Princess Peabrain that some have called her, was confident and rarely tongue-tied; with that ever so sly, slightly lidded look of hers, she imparted the gentlest hint of irony to the proceedings. The coaching that she received from Gandhi Director Sir Richard Attenborough paid off. Charles even provided a touch of Piccadilly farce by draping a handkerchief over his head to distract Sons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Prince and His Princess Arrive: Charles and Di | 11/11/1985 | See Source »

...still vivid, elementary school memories. In the dance "Classroom", Peck uses only members from the CityStep company, blurring the distinction between adult and child. Suddenly we are oack in that interminable fifth grade history class, bothered by that hotshot who always knows the answers, scornful of the peabrain who thinks she knows the answer but then cannot get it out. The hands of the clock drag, boredom sets in. The dancers wriggle and twist, twirling their legs around their chairs in every possible expression of restlessness. The final deep sleep is roused only by a relentless, and all too familiar...

Author: By Anne Tobies, | Title: Sandbox Dancers | 3/8/1985 | See Source »

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