Word: performancy
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...first time married women outnumbered single women in the American workplace. It was also one of the first times the issue of child care for working women became part of the public debate. FORTUNE magazine, in 1943, recognized the double duty that women were being asked to perform and suggested that something had to give. "If the present makeshift conditions are not cleared up, the effects can easily be imagined: a rise in absenteeism, worry, lowered morale--all of which means less production--not to mention permanent scars on the bodies and minds of American children." That...
This is not When Harry Met Sally, but Hitch does perform one of that film’s most astonishing tricks: Hitch believably turns Kevin James into a romantic lead worthy of Amber Valletta. If nothing else, the film is inspiring for all those goofy, awkward, smart Harvard men with few social skills...
...made-for-television moment, literally. Since the Woman of the Year award’s earliest years, the double-kiss shot has served as the Hasty Pudding’s unofficial icon. In the center, the celebrity, an entertainer whose living depends upon her ability to perform. On either side, two lucky undergraduates dressed in drag, a sham imitation. The shot juxtaposes beauty and the parody of beauty, the academic and celebrity worlds, the fake and the real...
...joshed Zeta-Jones for her less illustrious roles—in The Adventures of the Young Indiana Jones and her position as T-Mobile’s spokeswoman. They made her speak Welsh, sing alternate lyrics to one of the songs from Chicago, re-enact a scene from Entrapment, perform silly dance moves, and swordfight with former Pudding Producer Nicholas...
...members of the Pudding say that if it weren’t for the roast, the show and the Theatricals would not be what they are today. “Nobody wants to perform to an empty audience,” says...