Word: slicking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...none of these concerns holds any water. Fall auditions draw more than 60 would-be Kroks, and over a five-day span, the group eventually whittles the pool down to five whom they will actually take, showing up at dawn to induct the new boys. The allure of the slick tuxedoes, carefully placed hair and jazzy chords brings them out in droves. The Kroks rise to the occasion, arriving in suits to each round of auditions, setting up a veritable shrine to themselves in a side room in which the audtioners wait their turn. As they sit, or pace, they...
...felt a slight lump in my throat. I'm a sucker for the rituals and realities of democracy, and here we were in the remote Chinese village of Liujiachang watching a thousand citizens in a schoolyard listen to campaign speeches and then vote for mayor. The incumbent, a slick young man elected three years ago, promised to lower taxes and improve irrigation. The challenger, older and more earthy, promised to open the village books for inspection and eloquently described how his own success as a farmer and former mayor would make him a better choice. "I'll bring you down...
...Terence plays The Limey, I play the Slimey," Peter Fonda chuckles. He speaks of his latest role opposite Terence Stamp in Steven Soderbergh's new film. It's true-slick and once-successful Terry Valentine dirties his hands with drug smuggling and even murder to preserve his comfortable Hollywood Hills lifestyle. On the other hand, Fonda's performance paints the villain ambiguously, making despicable Valentine likeable and ultimately pitiable...
...interestingly enough, The Limey also manages some much-needed humor. In a minor role as a streetwise thug, Nicky Katt provides most of the film's slick comic relief. And when Wilson gets his first glimpse of Valentine, crashing the producer's house party, the results are priceless...
Life magazine once said of DiMaggio, "Although he learned Italian first, Joe, now 24, speaks English without an accent, and is otherwise well adapted to most U.S. mores. Instead of olive oil or smelly bear grease he keeps his hair slick with water. He never reeks of garlic and prefers chicken chow mein to spaghetti...