Word: tripes
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...first-name outfit." The English writers were always ready for a 20-minute chat on any subject, from the sad state of African groundnuts to the poor taste of American movies. Said he: "They speak with such conviction, fluency and lucidity, even when they are talking absolute tripe...
...owner-with a reasonable background of education-I have seen my first opera, my first ballet, a President, the U.N., and some of the best, tightest-packed hours of drama-all for free. Certainly there's a lot of tripe, too. So were some of the courses I took in college ... In my home, I, like anyone else, can always turn the little switch...
...issue pusillanimous and preposterous puns and they 'credit' nitwit observations on international affairs to hams who don't know Europe is across the Atlantic. They have studios 'negotiating' deals for their employers which could never eventuate. Why they think I will believe such palpable tripe, let alone pass it on to millions, I can't fathom. I must be rated a pushover, hard up to fill space...
...chef at Manhattan's Sherry-Netherland hotel asked several gourmets to name their favorite after-theater supper dishes. Broadway Producer Gilbert Miller said he favored hot crabmeat in cream. Artist Salvador Dali liked tripe a la mode de Caen. Author Michael (The Green Hat) Arlen fancied hot Virginia ham topped with poached fresh peaches, the whole bathed in Madeira sauce...
...lines and the acting are what raises the picture above the level of all this tripe. Except for two or three lapses into straight slapstick and a somewhat corny climax, the dialogue is consistently sharp, unexpected, and often brilliant. Michael Wilding, as lord and footman, gets just the right blend of cynicism and playfulness, though his eyes do twinkle a bit too much on occasion, Anna Neagle is pleasantly attractive and eager in the female lead, and she also demonstrates that infuriating twinkle. Joshua, portrayed by Tom Walls is a marvelous English-gentleman type, both in word and deed...