Word: toplessness
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...about twenty bits, so a good deal of ground is covered in the much too short session. Some of the sketches are not as funny as others, but the great majority of them have a generous share of gags. Many fresh comic observations are brought to such topics as topless restaurants, Anglo-French rivalry, State Department press conferences, senility and even C. P. Snow ("known to writers as a scientist and known to scientists as a writer"). One of the longest and funniest monologues is that of a BBC-television sports broadcaster, who corrects an error by informing his audience...
...often happens, the law in Kelley's case was slow to catch up with the reality. In most California cities, topless dancers are now hopelessly oldfashioned. In one Los Angeles pool hall, the men around the tables hardly notice the topless dancer ten feet away from them. Many nightclubs are now promoting the "bottomless" dancer, who performs covered only by a G string, known as a "Band-Aid," or, in the case of one San Francisco dancer, a gold heart from Tiffany's that says "love" in six languages...
...have done to Shalako. The film was not made in the wild West but in southern Spain, and the scenery looks like mañana country. Sean Connery's Lowland Scottish accent continually leaks through his ersatz American drawl. Brigitte Bardot tries to redeem the movie by going topless-coyly and briefly-but her mascara-scorched eyes and flaccid acting make her seem as if she had gone sleepless since her last picture. The dubbed voice of that fine character actor. Jack Hawkins, limited to esophageal speaking since his operation for throat cancer two years ago, is thin...
...emigrating churches are convinced that they are obeying God's will in leaving their homes and jobs. They also believe that Southern California has only itself to blame for the imminent disaster. Pastor Theobold despairingly cites "the amount of wickedness here: Hollywood, big business, prosperity, homosexuality, topless places." If the horrible event happens, seismologists will not be surprised. They have repeatedly warned that, because of the stresses along the San Andreas fault extending through the state, California is overdue for a disastrous earthquake...
...Pump House Gang is a sequel to the earlier collection of articles. Wolfe, with characteristic flair, romps through such diverse subjects as Hugh Hefner, Natalie Wood, Marshall McLuhan, the California surfing cult, Carol Doda (the topless go-go girl with silicone-inflated breasts), the pop art collectors Bob and Spike Scull and teenage London society. What he achieves is an impressionistic interpretation of new status symbols and contemporary life styles...