Word: talese
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such stateside equivalents are almost beyond imagination. On their feet, American politicians may have commanded a vigorous rodomantade, salted with the Bible and tall tales. But sitting down to write, few since the founding fathers have proved to be on more than speaking terms with the language (a present-day...
But perhaps "legend" is a misleading word. Bernie Krieger is by no means the William Tell of the Cambridge choral set; his name inspires neither awe nor tremendous admiration. And, unlike Robin Hood, he will probably not be the subject of many great tales of heroism and warm-hearted concern...
Because he don't tell jokes or fairy tales
Ideologically and temperamentally, Green is a pessimist who echoes Freud's fundamentally tragic view: humankind's animal instincts limit the realization of its ideals. Such a bleak belief is, of course, a wellspring of humor. Freud did not promise a rose garden, only that the aim of treatment...
But princes, as everyone long ago learned from the fairy tales, can be turned into frogs. This relentless and terrifying movie is about how the organs of the state-acting in the best interests of society really-can do that to a man. For Danny Ciello (Treat Williams) knows that...