Word: plot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nobility, courtesans and pixies. Jennifer Gelfand (who, incidentally, plays Kitri in several performances) shines as both Kitri's spirited friend and as the impish twinkling Amour in the dream sequence. Vadim Strukov plays the ridiculous Gamache with just enough clownishness to add some comic relief to the otherwise melodramatic plot. And Adriana Suarez bewitches Barcelona townspeople and audience members alike with her Flamenco elegance as the sultry Street Dancer...
...most folks, deja vu may provoke a momentary shudder, the creepy sense of having sidestepped into the twilight zone. For Hollywood, though, it is a guiding principle. The industry wants audiences to feel they have seen this ( thing before but don't know where or when. Nearly every movie plot is a reprise of a story that has already worked. Recombinant familiarity means box office; originality is an orphan, subversive and suspect...
...time of growing sensitivity to racist and sexist language, no such caution governs the use of the vocabulary of mental illness, whether as a metaphor, a plot device or a put-down. "There is hardly a moment when we turn on television or read newspapers that we don't see violent stereotypes or hear bad jokes at the expense of the mentally ill," says Nora Weinerth, co-founder of the National Stigma Clearinghouse, which organizes protests against prejudicial images of mental illness in the media. "When children are told that a superhero will be killed by someone who is mentally...
...them remains a question. In room 160 of the Executive Office Building, aides have re-created the War Room. Around a giant table with a dozen or so phones and six television sets (as well as around the West Wing), the four spend time with top Administration aides, helping plot strategy. As one of the quartet explains it, "Room 160 is an organizing force...
...police department was shocked by the girls' matter-of-fact confessions. "We asked, 'Do you think it's right to take her life because she hollered at you?' Okiki calmly said, 'Yeah.' " The police doubt they will ever discover exactly how many students actually placed bets on the murder plot. But there is something else that troubles Cambarare even more: his first glimpse of the girls when they were brought into the police department. "They were giggling...