Word: shenanigans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...this time to go along with the boss. "This is the moment for a complete surgical operation," said one right-wing Laborite. "There's no longer room for those who want the luxury of having it both ways-it's Clem or Nye, straight choice and no shenanigan...
Saints and Sinners (London Films) is a muggy Irish shenanigan. Like many a European movie, it takes an arty, patronizing view of the lower classes. Its argument is that every peasant is a darlin' in wolf's clothing, quaint by virtue of his avarice, hypocrisy and superstition. This reworking of a sentimental notion turns up nothing new except some well-oiled character acting...
Mendel, Inc. This shenanigan about a Jewish plumber who invents a machine which will fulfill all the impersonal obligations of a housewife, has an expert Kosher trio in Joe Smith, Charles Dale and Alexander Carr (who used to play Perlmutter to Barney Bernard's Potash). Such guffaws do they elicit that cautious critics murmurously compare the play to Abie's Irish Rose...