Word: stupidities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Like Lael Rubin (Mercedes Ruehl), the lead prosecutor in the McMartin case, MacFarlane is portrayed as a dangerously misguided zealot. During her videotaped interviews (portions of which are excerpted verbatim from the transcripts), children initially deny abuse until MacFarlane goads them with such remarks as "Are you gonna be stupid, or are you gonna be smart and help us out here...
...There was this one kid in my class. I said,'I'm Korean,' and then he went off: 'That's socool, that's so interesting,' that sort ofreaction. think it's just sort of stupid...
Chain gangs are meant to be unpleasant, and this one is succeeding. "We don't like it," complains James Sears, convicted of harassment. "We think it's stupid." Civilians, on the other hand, seem fascinated by the sight of men in chains. Cars stop along the side of the road, and mothers with babies get out to watch. A Limestone County school bus passes by, and the children press their faces to the window...
Richard's best friend and worst enemy is the daft, cheerful Gwyn Barry, whose glib utopian novel, Amelior, has rocketed to the top of the bestseller list. Stupid, shallow and immensely popular, Gwyn resembles Tod Friendly, the ex-Nazi from Amis' last novel, Time's Arrow. Of course, the public laps up Amelior, as Richard (who, as a soon-to-be-ex-novelist, has plenty of time on his hands) begins to plot revenge...
...reflects the fact that if somebody in a position of power does something phenomenally stupid it can have disastrous consequences," he continues. Wait a minute, the editor of the Salient is a "position of power." I guess my dog's in a position of power as well...