Word: pranking
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...either, because Ferreri is not using them for any other purpose except would-be shock. He does not deal in satire that could threaten or amuse, that could give the sequences substance and, therefore, true impact. His careful chronicle of the dietary excesses of four men is like a prank-a loud, bad practical joke. The men-Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret-hole up in an old house to eat themselves to death, to kill themselves with the very staff of life. Along the way, they also enjoy the company of some whores and a pudgy...
...that condensed book, whether it is a designer's prank or decorator's slip, it neatly symbolizes the transcendent banality that is shot through the movie like a dose of glucose. Kahlil Gibran would sound like Wittgenstein next to the woozy wisdom dispensed here: "You'd be surprised how a little courtesy all around makes the roughest problems so much smoother." "There are moments in every man's life when he glimpses the eternal." "We teach that virtue lies in moderation...
However, after some prodding, candidate Edward L. Trimble '76 confessed to The Crimson that he and his cronies had used Lampoon funds to rent sound equipment. Trimble said that such a prank was the traditional fare for the last "Fool's Week" of the candidates' competition for the editorial staff...
...rift in the 'Poon coterie was apparent yesterday as a candidate to the Lampoon editorial board admitted that he and his fellows had premeditated the prank...
...prank was probably the most elegant both in execution and in breadth of effect...