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Numerous other styles include paisley, plaid and polka dot; athletic teams (Red Sox and Celtics); and cartoon heroes like the Tasmanian Devil, Opus, Rocky and Bullwinkle...
...also has its share of images that aren't so picture-perfect. Gennifer Flowers cries foul at a press conference. Bill grasps a joint and attempts to inhale. Poor Chelsea stands stiffly in a polka-dot dress...
Besides her trademark polka-dotted clothing, Dottie's success as a comedian is based on her ability to find the humor in the everyday. As the title suggests, Dottie uses material from her life to make her audiences laugh. This tactic in turn amuses and infuriates her daughters as they are at times embarrased by their mother's forthrightness in public...
Most parents, however, do not aspire to careers in stand-up comedy. Or actually rise in the field as Dottie Ingels (Julie Kavner) does in This Is My Life. Dottie, God help her, decides that a polka-dot wardrobe will be her trademark. She blithely uses material in her act from the life she shares with her daughters, teenage Erica (Samantha Mathis) and 10-year-old Opal (Gaby Hoffmann). And, not least of her sins, she falls in love with her agent, Arnold Moss (Dan Aykroyd), who nervously chews Kleenex. Gross...
...think especially in Eliot House, no one dresses like Lana," says Norma Jean Johnson '91, one of Wong's roommates. "She's really known for her black cowboy boots and her completely outrageous stockings--stripes, all designs, tie-dye, polka dots, all kinds of lace stockings--green, red, white, cream...