Word: rasslin
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...battle: a visual requiem for the dead Americans. Flash back, and then sketch in a trio of heroes: General Sam Houston (Dennis Quaid, his voice dropped an octave into martial mode); rebel warrior Jim Bowie (Jason Patric); and Davy Crockett (Billy Bob Thornton), bar-rasslin' legend, Indian fighter and, in this film, world-class country fiddler. Against them is the Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Emilio Echevarria), who snipes at what he sees as the Americans' ambition: "We want to rule Mexico. They want to rule the whole world...
...Oscar had a few surprises in store, and some rare suspense. In the moments before Michael Douglas announced the winner for Best Picture, some people who thought "Gladiator" a lock had second and third thoughts. The Roman rasslin' epic had already copped four Oscars (for Actor, Costume, Sound and Visual Effects), but so had "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (for Foreign Film, Art Direction, Cinematography and Score) and "Traffic" (for Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay and Editing). When Douglas finally said, "And the Oscar goes to... 'Gladiator,'" even those of us rooting for "Crouching Tiger" were grateful that our dark horse...
...didn't pity them much - they should have known by now that he who stands apart soon finds a broom put in his hand. (Even if it's to sweep the lawn, which I actually witnessed yesterday.) So I happily marched off to the rasslin'. Did I mention I was getting better at this place...
Although golf, in my mind, was by no means the equal of rasslin,' I still agreed to make the hour and a half trip to Augusta with my step-father and her the next morning. After all, I'd be back in plenty of time for the main event--the wrestling...
...stands for fried okra, fried squash and fried catfish. The South stands for and stands up for religion: The South is the Bible Belt. The South stands for big 'ole mosquitoes. The South stands for the southern accent, including y'all, tar (can go flat), bud (e.g. the mockin'), rasslin' and tin (after nine...