Word: soaping
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...vies with Aunt Ruth for the funniest lines in the show. Ruth, who rejoices in the marriage of her favorite soap opera characters, is asked by Bessie, "isn't that the same guy who raped [a woman] at one point?" Ruth responds quickly, "that was months ago, he's really a nice...
...risk-free, pay off your Visa) . . . buy their cars for cash (yes, it's legal to pay off a car loan; no, leasing's not generally a good idea) . . . stock up on "the economy size" when items are on sale (an "investment" in sale-priced soda, socks and soap can stretch $1,000 to buy $1,400 worth of the same stuff you'd have bought anyway -- a 40% tax-free return) . . . and stash away at least a few thousand dollars someplace liquid and safe. Like a bank...
Like the enigmatic emblem that serves as its title, the album, which its creator describes as "rock soap opera," flirts with esoteric meanings as it chronicles the love affair between a pop superstar named Prince and the princess of a fictional Middle Eastern kingdom. Still struggling to reconcile his animal instincts with his loftier passions, Prince once again bares his tortured muse -- a silver-throated satyr torn between heaven and hell. But this time around, the paradox is addressed with a wry self-awareness that suggests he has struck a productive truce with his old demons. Chaste confections like...
Unfortunately, even these fine performances are undercut by some odd production decisions. Virtually all of the important sequences are accompanied by precious, soap-operaesque music that is totally inappropriate to the gravity of the events. On opening night, the sappy music elicited laughs from the audience during most of the pivotal scenes...
...Radner)) walked me to the elevator. I was crying all the way home on the Long Island Railroad, the tears running down the makeup." While friends Chevy Chase and John Belushi went on to become household names, he had to settle for a spot on ABC's wacky series Soap, playing television's first prime-time homosexual. Then came the ill-conceived Billy Crystal Comedy Hour in 1982, which NBC promoted as a male version of the Carol Burnett show. "We were up against The Love Boat and first-run movies without much network backing," Crystal remembers. "I learned...