Word: raucous
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...brainchild of a producer attempting to capitalize on the commercial success of Shakespeare in Love. But, in addition to the significant absence of Gwyneth Paltrow’s come-hither androgynous sultriness and sans Tom Stoppard’s once-over on the screenplay, Stage Beauty is a raucous, vulgar mess. Between two rather abrupt (and unsatisfying) oral sex scenes, cliché moments of Maria finding her on-stage presence (again with the doe eyes) and its hamfisted themes of gender identity, the filmmakers abandoned any attempt to make a coherent and entertaining film—or to give viewers...
...song’s title and frequently outlined rather complicated situations. Take the example of “Dalliance” from the Steve Albini-produced Seamonsters. Lyrics map out a simple story: Girl leaves boy for new guy, guy misses girl. But in the song’s raucous climax we find out that the actual subject is something much more specific...
...week after struggling to dispose of a tough Dartmouth team in four games, Harvard immediately pushed the Big Green (3-9, 0-2) back on its heels, waltzing to a 3-0 (30-18, 30-20, 30-24) win in front of a raucous crowd on Friday night...
...festival is held), Oktoberfest is a convivial debauch that sees the consumption of some 6 million liters of beer, 300,000 pork sausages, 600,000 roast chickens and 80 oxen. The revelry takes place in huge marquees, each with its own character, from the backpacker-friendly and decidedly raucous Hofbr?u marquee, to the folksy Augustiner tent?the place to be if you want to see thigh-slapping locals in traditional costume?to the exclusive K?fer enclosure, which is catered by Munich's smartest delicatessen and aimed at those seeking a change of pace...
...host nation could say the same. Greece ended with a sparkling medal haul that included a dominant 400-m women's hurdles win by Fani Halkia and a fourth medal for weight lifter Pyrros Dimas. Though just a bronze, it prompted an ovation so loud and raucous that the other medalists had to wait an extra 15 minutes to join Dimas on the podium. That exuberance filled Athens during the Games, drowning out the doubters who said the Greeks couldn't - wouldn't - pull off this big show. They could and they did. The nation that has given the world...