Word: soupcon
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...especially indebted to Anthony Shaffer's play and film Sleuth, in which the wily perpetrator revels in elaborate gamesmanship, with a soupcon of sadism and a killer of a kicker. The talking doll in Saw is a direct descendant of a toy that the Sleuth perp uses for malevolent effect. In a 2001 interview, Shaffer said he was inspired to write his mystery after taking part in one of Stephen Sondheim's maniacally elaborate treasure hunts. One clue directed players to a nearly deserted town near a lake. When they found the pertinent clue, a hand jutted...
...former is a political movie that never forgets the demands of narrative momentum and the latter illustrates the liabilities of experience. Frears also adds a soupcon of the yuppie cute-wit he displayed in “High Fidelity” in Blair’s characterization...
...that's what makes it so alluring. Forget about the fact that his clothes never follow trends. He is on his own trip - and this season the first stop was, briefly, India. Ralph is not a National Geographic -type traveler, either. He just teases his audience with a soupcon of the destination - in this case it was the old gold shimmer of a brilliant finale of evening dresses that recalled the fading sun setting behind a Jaipur palace...
...teenager, channels her from out of the world of imagination. During the first twelve issues Promethea discovers she is the latest in a long line of Prometheas, all of whom materialize through works of an artist. Mixing typical superhero fisticuffs with darker themes of mortality and sex, plus a soupcon of silly English humor, "Promethea" became one of industry's best genre titles...