Word: stupid
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...movie is a series of stupid riddles like this, passed off as remarkable insights into the soul of man. Zed indeed takes place at a zoo, where two brothers work as animal behaviorists. Writer and director Peter Greenaway uses this setting as an excuse to pursue noxious surrealist puzzles, revolving around such contradistinctive concepts as black/white, death/life, healing/torture...
Finally, I note that Miss Grossman also complained about her prejudiced friends who made comments about "those stupid Mexicans." Once again, I must note I have rarely, if ever, heard such sentiments expressed in California. Southern California, being the home of immigrants from all over the world, is probably the region the most free of prejudice in the entire country. Perhaps the bigots Miss Grossman ran into were Easterners. They were, after all, her friends. Saied Kashani...
Driving with friends along a Hollywood highway, I heard a tirade against bad drivers. Or, as they called them, "Those stupid Mexicans." A Spanish street sign gave way to a discussion about the prevalence of Spanish-speaking people in parts of southern California. Or as they called them, "Those stupid Mexicans...
...heroine of the title story, Sally, is in love with her husband's stupidity. Every time Ed says or does something foolish, Sally "wants to hug him, and often does; and he is so stupid he can never figure out what for." She confides Ed's gaffes to her best friend Marylynne, who giggles with her. Sally improves her mind by taking up gourmet cooking, medieval history and anthropology. Ed is unimpressed; he prefers meat loaf to sweetbreads with pine nuts, and working in the yard to scholarly pastimes. Atwood builds the case for Ed's "endearing thickness" so cannily...
Except for the fact that "The Runnin' Crimson" sounds rather stupid, the Harvard men's basketball team might be due for a name change this season...