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...Elizabethan theatrics due to their utter ridiculousness. (The ghosts overemphatic and rather simple cry of “Hamlet, revenge!” was among the most common targets.) Now, what Shakespeare undid through fine craftsmanship, time has redone through overuse. A statement like, “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” may never be said again with true authority; in fact an actor is fortunate if he can say it without provoking laughter. This may be okay for a show with a less consistent level of excellence, but in a show which instills such...
...Never, ever, order plum juice bubble tea in Chinatown. On the way down it tastes like rotten prunes, on the way up it tastes like beef jerky...
...quite possible that this latest news will push me over the edge. I know that e-mail has taken a lot of the Postal Service's business away, and I think that's rotten. If you ask me, that blinking e-mail icon is pretty cold comfort compared to the sight of an envelope stuffed fat with news and photographs. But that's progress, I guess. And I don't think anyone?s going to abandon e-mail anytime soon...
...year-old pre-med student who sported a ginger-colored Johnny Rotten hairdo, hailed Richard Hatch as his hero. "He did what he had to do to win." Fan was prepared to do everything Richard had done "except get naked...
...just techs that smell rotten - brokerage stocks took a beating Monday too, because who wants a broker these days? - but, OK, it's mostly techs. And therein lies the pessimism problem...