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Word: raunch (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...four horny virgins, the luscious girl who undresses in a boy's bedroom, the seductive mom who likes her whiskey and her men aged 18--virtually every urban legend of teen porn can be found in this all-raunch, no-style sex comedy. Writer Adam Herz and the hot producer-director team of Chris and Paul Weitz occasionally hint that a teenager's most poignant groping is for his elusive identity. But don't expect this summer movie to have the huffing charm of Austin Powers or the tuneful brass of South Park. In its mix of caca...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: American Pie | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...obscene? Be warned: the raunch is nonstop and often noxious. Kids who take their parents (or Liza or the Baldwins) should be prepared for some gasps and a scolding. As Cartman says of the Terrance and Phillip epic, "This movie has warped my fragile little mind." To viewers with sturdier cerebellums, here's another warning: you may laugh yourself sick--as sick as this ruthlessly funny movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Sick and Inspired | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...Even on the indie circuit inflation is a fact of life. Haynes' 1991 Poison cost $350,000; the 1995 Safe came in at $1 million; and Velvet Goldmine is about a $9 million production. But what a production! There hasn't been such a smartly gaudy spectacle of musical raunch since Ken Russell's Tommy back in 1975, when the road to excess was carpeted in spangles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: In A League Of Their Own | 10/12/1998 | See Source »

...Raunch-funk group denied guest shot on Sesame Street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Winners & Losers: Sep. 19, 1994 | 9/19/1994 | See Source »

Since Prince's debut in 1978 with For You, the combination of raunch with a twisted kind of spirituality has been His Purple Badness's forte. His unconventional equation of sex with art has been rivalled only by Madonna. Whether he's crooning about his latest conquest or trying to entice a woman to fall into bed and in love with him, his musical virtuosity has always shined through his licentiousness...

Author: By Danielle A. Phillip, | Title: Princely Smut | 10/29/1992 | See Source »

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