Word: plattered
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...auction block, Withington's rhythm slows. "Twenty-two thousand to 23,000, do I have 23?" He has stopped bouncing. A pause, then "Yes, now 24,000, yes, 25?" A longer pause. Here, if the article on Withington's auction block were merely a blue Canton platter that had peaked out at a predictable $500, or a coffin-top candle stand already breathing thin air at $1,250, Withington might make a fist in the direction of the groggy second bidder and say, "Pow! He's out cold." The joshing might revive the wounded warrior. If not, it would liven...
...slept through your last midterm, three irate section leaders are demanding papers or else, your best friend has abandoned you for his thesis, and it's pu-pu platter for dinner again. Oh yeah, and it's raining...
...addition of synth drums and poppin' bass help carry the weight of ZZ's infantile subject matter, making it fun instead of sexist. "Velcro Fly" and "Planet of Women" are keg party anthems, inspiring the attitude: "Don't worry, I'll clean up tommorrow." Basically, Afterburner is the party platter the Rolling Stones have been trying to make for the past eight years...
...Prizzi family, although an actor whose name could not be wonderfully portrays Don Prizzi killed them for the speeding credits) as a living, breathing corpse. The wives killed them for the honor of the family), except for Dominic's obsequious Annamae Prizzi, who hands him his paste on silver platter and then returns to domestic work...
...HAVE TO ADMIRE the British: when they make a movie featuring a potentially cute, domesticated animal, they don't flinch at decapitating it and serving it up on a platter. A Private Function, touted as the resurrection of classic English comedy, is not for those who feel squeamish at the thought of a diarrhetic pig in their living room. Like a London bag lady who still bothers to curtsy, though, this film carries itself with a reserved sense of class, quite above movies like Bachelon Party or Porky's. Clearly the cardinal sin for British funnymen...