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Given the transformation of the pre-teen rump into a sex symbol in dozens of designer-jeans ads, and the popularity of "nymphet" models on Madison Ave., staging the book that coined that term once again was more good commercial sense than homage to Nabokov. Although capitalizing on this latest fashion in exploitation shouldn't have to mean joining in gleefully, through much of Lolita that's what Albee seems to be doing. Where Nabokov will choose an elegant pun, Albee lunges for the obscene gag: where Nabokov will subtly makes you think about the arbitrariness of social rules, Albee...
...well, an elephantine undertaking. Mandavu had to be properly fettered, so she could be easily anesthetized with an injection in the rump. Her keepers also had to make sure that when she went to sleep she slumped over on her left side, to expose the injured right leg. Finally, everything had to be done quickly; if Mandavu were kept anesthetized too long, she might suffocate under her own weight...
...chest. "Put 'em on," orders the jumpmaster, and the Paratrooper and a buddy help each other, threading the straps, snapping the hooks, fitting each item by the book. An officer pokes and tugs and checks every item, again by the book, then slaps the Paratrooper on the rump and says, "O.K." It is light now, and the Paratrooper stares with amusement at the troopers around him. Their faces, like his, are smeared with camouflage grease paint, blending with their mottled uniforms and helmet covers, as in some military minstrel show. The order to board the plane snaps him from...
Even Dolores' name is a constant and heavyhanded reminder: the Latin dolor, for pain; durare, to endure. Victor means victor, the confident, satiated gladiator who pats his woman on the rump and rushes off to compete for glory and riches. He gets ample time to give his side of the story. The man is bright but no intellectual threat to Dr. Durer's fevered assertions and generalizations. Still, he may be too smart to challenge such filibusters as, "What I want, Victor, is to change the world ... To make it a place where women...
Manila, Lisbon, Istanbul, Mexico City and Bogotá boast the cheapest prices, while Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Abu Dhabi and Manama (Bahrain) are the most expensive. Incomes are also swept away rapidly in Tokyo, Oslo, Geneva and Copenhagen. The 2.2 lbs. of medium-quality rump steak that would cost $7 in the U.S. fetches $24 in Zurich and $41 in Tokyo. In Jeddah a smoker must pay $4.99 for a pack of Marlboro cigarettes...