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...rights movement, but she has had little personal contact with blacks. She refers to one of her daughter's black friends as a "magnificent black creature," and, in a role-play led by the dialogue coach, addresses Renee, "Yo, bitch." ("Bitch," she tells TIME, was on a list of slang terms the coach had given her, and she thought it was used affectionately...
...women receive pleasure in the same proportion.” Cynics also said that the term “blue balls”—and its lack of a female counterpart—distorts the sexual balance of power. “Blue balls” is slang for temporary genital pain caused by prolonged sexual stimulation of the penis that does not result in orgasm and ejaculation. But there is no term to describe the comparable effect on females who do not reach orgasm. Besl countered that women were partly to blame for this discrepancy...
...Curious George” is a bit bland for anyone over the age of six. Universal Pictures could have easily followed the Pixar design with its movie version of the classic, dictating a spiced-up, CGI-ed kind of glory, with a wisecracking George hip to all sorts of slang. Fortunately, the creators of “Curious George” have gone old-school, deciding to return to 2-D, hand-drawn animation and kiddy-style content. While the plot is changed from the original H.A. and Margret Rey story—and given some modern spin, a camera...
...accurate portrayal, or at least a more realistic fantasy: 40 gets a haircut, Keak performs at a fast food joint, and video vixens are conspicuously absent, although everyone involved does seem to wear a giant chain.As a bonus, it all ends with a visual glossary of Bay Area slang, which is nice because the vernacular is otherwise incomprehensible (“ghost ride the whip”, anyone?). If there’s any justice, by March it will be common knowledge.—Eric L. FritzCat Power“Living Proof”Film symbolism comes...
Locals in Trinidad and Tobago call it "the big lime"-Caribbean slang for a serious shindig. But the national semifinals of Panorama, an annual music festival that this year takes place on Feb. 12, serve up something headier than fruit juice. The exuberant competition pits around 30 professional steel bands of 60 to 120 members against each other in front of a crowd of 15,000. Fans sing, cheer their favorite bands, and catch up with friends and neighbors while picnicking on pelau (a rice and peas mixture), macaroni pie, souse (a spicy soup made from either pigs' or chickens...