Word: sister-in-law
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...really did believe in young women at a time when others did not," said Mann, Warden's sister-in-law...
Some people think poetry is dead, but it's not; it's just underground, disguised as songwriting. Once, a reclusive Emily Dickinson could spin out her feathery verses and send them next door to her sister-in-law, content to preserve her New England obscurity. Today a would-be Dickinson is more likely to grab a guitar, put together a backup band and hit the road. That was precisely the path taken by Nanci Griffith, a wide-eyed Texas waif who may just be one of America's best poets -- and for sure is one of its best songwriters...
Romney comes from a family with strong political roots: his father George was governor of Michigan in the 1960s, his mother ran for the a Michigan U.S. Senate seat in 1970, and his sister-in-law is now running for the U.S. Senate there as well...
Ferula, who has moved to Tres Marias at Clara's insistence, hovers over her distracted sister-in-law, attending to practicalities when Clara and Ferula wrapped up in her psychic powers. Clara and Ferula become the best of friends while Esteban, suspicious of a romantic relationship between the two to them, grows insanely jealous of this competition for his wife's attention...
Connie (Christine Baranski) is the best character in the movie. She plays Lloyd's dead-pan Dorcester-accented sister-in-law (of the "coming down from Boston" clan). Her part is small but spicy: she repeatedly tells her kids to "shut up and celebrate Christmas" while contorting her face into strange fried-egg expressions. A funny mix of maternal and monstrous, Connie is able to balance delicately the separate but equal horrors that consume her life. Her character accurately reveals the modern female condition in all its glorious yet irritated state...