Word: slicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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ELAINE KOURY KNOWS a lot about theater fundraising and promotion. She could show the American Repertory Theater's Robert Brustein a thing or two. However, a list of patrons that reads like a who's who of the Boston establishment and slick promotional materials do not a professional production make. Not to mention the slick, professional ticket prices...
...taking itself seriously, Starstruck makes the current gult of new wave films look positively silly. From the stumbling lines and stagy acting of the Clash's Rude Boy to the slick but soulless Smithereens, the punk "message" film takes a deserved beating at the hands of its sendup. Having reached the likes of "Quincy," "60 Minutes" and Hollywood, New Wave is old hat, and somebody ought to be laughing...
...single pipe sticking out of the ground on the main road outside the camp. At an intersection where some residents put up a defense against attacking militiamen, a bomb crater is filled with old auto tires and a rusted tank trap. Raw sewage oozes up to create a black slick on the muddy rain water that covers the street. The major exception to the aura of neglect is a small corner of Shatila that is under the care of a United Nations relief agency. Elsewhere, Norwegian and Austrian relief workers have supplied materials to residents for rebuilding their homes...
Sting II, in contrast, seems the work of slick amateurs. Self-confident and overbearing, the movie seems to proclaim continually that it is pulling a fast one. Warned, the viewer braces himself, and is neither entertained nor particularly surprised when, yes indeed, there turns out to be another layer to the plot. Since the movie never pretends to resemble real life, the constant uncovering of unbelievable connections is merely repetitious...
...prevent a repeat spill, Danchy took to the streets at 4:45 a.m. for three miles before the streets got slick...