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...exile to make this provocative film. It follows the odyssey of a crusading young nun who upon leaving her convent for the home of a perverse uncle, naively tries to turn the estate into a home for reforming a band of low-lifers and beggars. But the patronized riff-raff don't buy it, and when she absents herself they make their new home the scene of a wild feast and orgy. In the end, the idealistic man compromises with the forces of the evil reality that surrounds her. The themes--a bitter anticlericalism and a grim view of social...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bunvel, Bergman and Bohemians | 9/22/1977 | See Source »

...Okay, it's star time. Riff-raff, set the sonic transducer on program eight. prg And secure all levels at zero...relax... you won't find Earth people quite the easy mark you imagine...this sonic transducer is, I suppose, some kind of audio, vibratory physio-molecular transport device...

Author: By Dianna R. Lange, | Title: 'Flash Gordon Was There In Silver Underwear' | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...print a lot now. The New York Review of Books serializes Edward Gorey's stealthily demented drawings. John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch and Frank O'Hara are lumped into what is termed the New York School of poets, since they stay around there without grudging its riff-raff. And, besides the memoir of Lang, Alison Lurie has written novels about middle America. No one picked up on V.R. Lang's work until her husband and Lurie decided to collect a few poems and plays. Lurie, in particular, seems to feel that death cheated Lang out of a chance that she deserved...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Bare Legs and the Audience | 11/1/1975 | See Source »

Despite Rocky's body magic, the insatiable Frank proceeds to seduce both Janet and Brad. These indelicacies are mimed in silhouette behind a scrim. Assorted voyeurs and participants include a hunchbacked butler, Riff-Raff (Ritz O'Brien, stage name of Richard O'Brien) and girl slaves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Bit of a Drag | 3/24/1975 | See Source »

Tutor Award program science and math tutoring at Bureau of study counsel Adams house committee social chairman Organized Adams house café Organized House Activities Including Oktoberfest, St. Pat's Celebration the Raff Race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1972 Class Marshal Candidates | 10/26/1972 | See Source »

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