Word: punning
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first few bars, and the whole mood, of Little Edie's lament "Daddy's Girl," are a direct lift from Sondheim's Follies song "In Buddy's Eyes." Little Edie's second-act fashion statement, "The Revolutionary Costume for Today," is another Sondheimlich maneuver (that's David Zippel's pun, for praise or blame, not mine); and Big Edie's "The Cake I Had" takes its repetitive phrase from West Side Story's "A Boy Like That...
...lets them proceed to tear each others’ faces off. Gold lamé puff-sleeves are ripped to shreds, and corsages go flying. The sexy are made to be distinctly not. The video is filmed in reverse—the director claims it’s a visual pun on the palindromic song title, but that seems like an ad hoc explanation more artistically palatable than the truth: it looks cool. It opens with shots of hair-pulling and punches, only to turn into a fight abated. Brawlers fly out of swimming pools, piñatas are thrown into...
...Ruining Our Pun Re "A Not-Quite-Immaculate Conception" [Oct. 16]: The headline for the report on actress Keisha Castle-Hughes' pregnancy confused the Immaculate Conception of Mary with the virgin birth of Jesus. Roman Catholic dogma teaches that Mary was conceived without original sin and therefore didn't need to be baptized. Kenneth Sweigart Paradise, Pennsylvania...
...Palestinian terrorists. The article explained in detail everything the Israelis have destroyed and how miserable Palestinians' lives are as a result. Not once did it explain the defensive reasons for Israel's actions. The blame lies solely with the Palestinians for encouraging terrorist activities. Aaron Kligman Montreal Ruining Our Pun Re "A not-quite-immaculate conception" [Oct. 16]: The tongue-in-cheek headline for the report on actress Keisha Castle-Hughes' pregnancy confused the Immaculate Conception of Mary with the virgin birth of Jesus. Roman Catholic dogma teaches that Mary was conceived without original sin and therefore didn't need...
Ruining Our Pun...