Word: tamed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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First, the Fourth of July celebration on The Mall in Washington, D.C. Recently, the traditional day-long concert featuring the Beach Boys and good deal of drinking was replaced by tame performances from the best musicians the armed services had to offer...
Almodovar's version of homosexual love is far more adventurous and honest than any of Hollywood's tame, schmaltzy attempts to portray gay relationships such as Making Love and Personal Best. Even the recent British films by Stephen Frears, My Beautiful Launderette and Prick Up Your Ears, which dealt with homosexuality intelligently and forthrightly, shied away from exploring sexual intimacy on a par with straight films. The graphic homosexual sex in Law of Desire may seem irresponsible in light of AIDS, but in Almodovar's world, caution is irrelevant...
When Prison Superintendent Harry B. Johnson first heard of the proposal that convicts tame wild mustangs under the Federal Bureau of Land Management's nationwide "adopt a horse" program, he feared the only results would be "injuries and lawsuits." Now Johnson tells of hardcase cons transformed into amiable cowpokes. "They are proud of the horses and proud of what they can do," says he of the 30 men in the program...
...planets, zapping aliens all the way. Infocom has even come out with an "R-rated" adventure game called Leather Goddesses of Phobos ($34.95 to $39.95), which features a band of Martian sirens bent on turning earth into their "private pleasure palace." The game can be played at three levels: tame, suggestive and lewd...
Nobody wants every adventure picture to be as tame as a Spielberg cuddly toy. But RoboCop's pleasures are cold comfort. The thrills it elicits could have been generated by a very bright computer. The laughter it provokes catches in the throat like a nettle from the bottom of a popcorn...