Word: thugging
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...actors' movement. The action in Metamorphoses is structured around a large wading pool, and the stage devices are so elegantly simple, they provoke a smile even as they heighten the drama. When God creates light, an actor lights a cigarette; for a fatal storm at sea, a bare-chested thug tosses a bucket of water at the captain and wrestles him into submission in the water. Some stories are enacted, others narrated; still others are a deft mix of the two. A few good-natured modernisms are sprinkled in, but they never interfere with the seriousness and earnest romanticism...
...guys exemplified purist hip-hop’s worst qualities—a formulaic, unexciting musical aesthetic of mediocre loops and scratches, paired with uncharismatic M.C.s who, with their “clever” yet predictable punchline lyrics, ended up saying as little as any “thug kna’a mean?” gangsta rapper. Occasionally taking breaks from their set for some rather awkward sketches, lame jokes and clichéd sermons on the real meaning of hip-hop, the trio demonstrated that hip-hop isn’t about “looking...
Congratulations are in order for the police officer who successfully defended himself in Genoa. It seems to me that a violent, hooded thug got exactly what he deserved: a trip home in a box. JEFF WRIGHT Chicago...
...police, India's most wanted bandit Koose Muniswamy Veerappan is a cold-blooded thug. The career criminal is accused of committing at least 120 murders, slaughtering some 2,000 elephants for their tusks, and leading a violent gang that has smuggled rare sandalwood from forest reserves for 30 years. But to the desperately poor living in the fringes of southern India's forests, Veerappan is a near folk hero. In a region with few jobs, he employs them to fell and transport sandalwood trees, pays for people's weddings and, by avoiding capture for decades, has successfully thumbed his nose...
...York really fall in love with today’s Knicks. A healthy following does exist, but the draw seems to be a sort of morbid fascination rather than real affection. Some fans are repulsed by the thug image perpetuated by some of the players—Charles Oakley and Anthony Mason four years ago or Latrell Sprewell and Kurt Thomas today. Other fans are only mildly interested by the constant subplot, but never really grow attached to the actual team...