Word: veronica
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...romped on a pond covered with ice that had come South with the Northern winter. Timmy saw the younger boys break through and ran to their aid. All three drowned. In Atlanta, Mrs. Irma May Key, 51, died of exposure, after falling a short distance from her apartment. Veronica Hynson, 22, and her three children died in a fire in a Baltimore row house. The oil tank was empty, and the gas jets in a kitchen stove had been turned on for heating...
...unlike most works of that genre Inserts is open-ended, leaving a lot of questions unanswered and intimations unexplained. The demise of The Boy Wonder is the major mystery of the film; no explanation is ever given for his peculiarly pathetic state of affairs. Equally musterious is Harlene (Veronica Cartwright), a junkie porno queen who ODs during The Boy Wonder's filming session and who Byrum suggests was once a star in "real films...
...film play, Inserts is unusually dependent on the quality of its acting. The photography (directed by Denys Coop) is straightforward and simple, emphasizing performances and not technical effects. And the performances are for the most part first-rate, the characters evoked with feeling. Veronica Cartwright effectively conveys the pathetic depths that Harlene has fallen to and Jessica Harper carries off a difficult part as the seductive and seemingly China-fragile Cathy Cake who is tough as nails inside. Harper bears an uncomfortable resemblance to Mia Farrow and occasionally lapses into her mannequin-like posturing...
Despite the confusing wording, one thing is clear: under the legislation that the Faculty passed last week, Veronica couldn't afford to get anything less than a B-. She has to have a B- or above in half the courses she takes outside her departmental requirements simply to qualify for a cum, and pass-fails--which used to be considered neutral--get thrown in with failing grades...
...Veronica probably won't take any more pass-fails for fear she might go over the limit...