Word: rosee
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...1950s and the American government has started shipping its top scientists to the middle of the Nevada desert to test the Atom bomb. But Rose, the narrator who lives in Las Vegas, which lies close to the testing site, is touched only peripherally by the newcomers. She spends most of her time worrying about her turbulent relationship with her step-father and whether she will win the county spelling...
...beginning of the movie shows a closeup of Rose's eyes. She has just received her first pair of glasses which she hopes will give her "cheekbones and character" or at least make her look a little more like Ingrid Bergman. The end of the movie is also a close-up of Rose's face and we're supposed to see the difference. However, not enough has changed to make things interesting and not enough has stayed the same to make a statement...
Palace insiders readily offer that Her Majesty is not always comfortable with Thatcher's shrillness, her tendency to lecture and her radical conservatism. Instead, the Queen is characterized as a moderate who shares her eldest son's social concerns about race relations and urban deterioration. Thus rose the unlikely speculation that the "palace mole" may have been none other than Prince Charles, a rumor that the Sunday Times refuted...
...lesser talents. Lendl, though nominally still playing for his native land, has not returned home since 1980, and now refuses to play in team competitions. Those who do stay face the problem of conformity. "The system is fine for ordinary players," says the unconventional base-line worker Srejber, who rose from 120 to 32 in less than a year. "But it doesn't adapt well to people like me who play a special game." The program also suffers from the deficiencies and idiosyncrasies of a socialist economy. Despite the importance of tennis, there is a surprising paucity of special courts...
Broadway Danny Rose Tues...