Word: spoiledness
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The thrust of the novel appears to be a modern attempt at D.H. Lawrence's St. Mawr--the good versus evil, wildness versus civilization animal as metaphor for our darker, more ancient selves kind of struggle. It's all lost in the movie. Jaws flows along the course of a...
Moreover, Alexander's conservative, family-oriented life-style may seem especially appealing to the long unsettled heiress. After her mother, Tina Livanos, divorced Ari in 1960 because of his affair with Opera Singer Maria Callas, Christina quickly grew into a child of the jetset. "She was given far too...
The sources and suspects in the case are a gallery of stereotypes: the alcoholic mother (Joanne Woodward) and the horny teen-age daughter (Melanie Griffith); the good-hearted slut (Linda Haynes) and the spoiled, untrustworthy rich girl (Gail Strickland); the menacing moneybags (Murray Hamilton), the surly chauffeur (Andy Robinson), the...
Altman junked almost all the conventions the cook book critics go for--except the stars: he held out and focused on two major characters, Eliot Gould and George Segal. And even though both actors turned out excellent performances, they almost spoiled the film. It was as if they'd been...
Miniature Golf, inexplicably referred to as "putt-putt" by southerners, is a summer evening's ecstasy. Unlike regular fairway golf, which Mark Twain called "a long walk spoiled," miniature golf is a short stroll enhanced. The most enhancing stroll enhanced. The most enhancing spot around for this activity lies on...