Word: sackings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dubbed the "USA Nickelodeon at Harvard Square," it comes complete with interminable previews and the annoying Sack cinema theme that precedes each feature. Worse, this change means the end of the beloved Superfilms Festival tradition. No more half-price noontime double feature classics...
...action as a mountain for college kids. For years Killington has been the primary destination for college students, but other mountains are slowly moving in on Killington's valued market share. Mount Snow has begun a series of college ski weeks which provide extensive after-ski activities. From hacky-sack marathons to Hawaiian dance parties, the new ski weeks are trying to create an atmosphere to encourage students to stay longer and return sooner...
...like many a Christmas package, Crimes of the Heart neglects to deliver the goods. Once a comedy, it has now become a sad-sack elegy. The events that Henley and her cast pumped life into on Broadway have lost their juice. What went wrong? Is it that the intimate conversations, the teasings of Southern- gothic catastrophes, the colloquial bitchery ("She was known all over Copiah County as cheap Christmas trash"), the climactic conciliations -- all of which seemed fresh, if not downright impudent onstage -- play smug and stilted on the big screen? Or has something precious been lost? When does...
...tested the harness, the sleigh and the sack...
...that sits atop a raised brick platform as though it were on a stage. The piece bears the title of one of Houdini's most famous tricks: Metamorphosis. Re-enacted time after time, the routine by now is familiar. The magician's assistant is handcuffed and placed in a sack, which is tied and put into a trunk. The trunk is in turn secured with locks and chains. The magician, standing atop the trunk, briefly raises a curtain. Abracadabra. Suddenly, the magician's assistant stands in the place of the magician -- and when the trunk is unlocked...