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Those with a taste for literary allusions will find more to savor here. Names lifted from other Hawthorne novels (Blithedale, Pyncheon) crop up in unexpected contexts; as Sarah seeks her karma in the Sunbelt, she has reason to resent "my old-fashioned Puritan conscience." But Updike's use of such references should not be taken too somberly; the stern, rock-ribbed moral universe of The Scarlet Letter serves here as a subtle counterpoint to a comic vision of anything-goes ethics in mid-1980s America...
Songs is more than just an introduction to tap, however. It offers a true-life view of the period depicted in films like The Cotton Club, letting us savor the excitement while also exposing the effects of racism on the predominantly Black artists involved. We can appreciate the strong will and unshakeable devotion to craft, mixed with supressed anger and memories of injustice that made up the character of men like Leon Collins...
...comely se-duck-tress who needs some exorcise. There are homages aplenty to the old cartoons -- lascivious bulging eyes, deft wordplay (in pig Latin) and that bizarre sound effect that suggests a gargoyle gargling -- and laughs aseveral. The pace lags in spots, but any lulls allow the viewer to savor the glory of full, hand-drawn animation. And Daffy is as raffish as ever, talking like Freud or stalking like Groucho. At the end, three ghostly Shmoos chase Daffy down the street as his exorcised client drawls a warm, "Y'all come back now, y'hear?" Anyone who grew...
Going forward to Moscow is now in the President's plans, and he dares hope for some progress on a treaty that will begin to reduce strategic nuclear missiles. Just as Reagan still wants Gorbachev to savor the America that lies beyond Washington, the General Secretary extolled Moscow and the great Russian land. "I had hoped for a few extra days for him to see this country," Reagan said. "It just did not work out. He said that he would like to come back and see some of the country. I made it plain to both of the Gorbachevs that...
...sophisticated, convincingly German-style Samuel Adams lager, followed by the clear, refreshing Dock Street Amber from Philadelphia and the tangy, cider-like New Amsterdam Amber. The heady, all malt Eau Claire lager from Wisconsin was perhaps the most interesting of all, with a seductive, cocoa scent and savor that makes bracing between-meal sipping. Bottoms...