Word: waitin
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...have chilli and satay," she smiles, and moves on. After two circuits of the bar, she pops her things back on and resumes drinks service as though nothing has happened. A grubby, grizzled old man nudges the stranger to say goodbye. "What about that, eh? I was f___in' waitin' for that. Gotta go for me f___in' tea; me f___in' missus is waitin' in the car." The walk back to the motel passes the grandeur of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral; between the rooftops come glimpses of the eternal flame in the memorial to hmas Sydney...
...know what has hit them. The man behind the big mouth, Kentucky-born Actor Jim Varney, 36, attributes Ernest's popularity to his unabashed intrusiveness: "He thinks he's really being helpful, giving wonderful advice when you don't really want it." (Example: "If you're waitin' on me, you're backin' up!") Has success gone to Varney's head? "We'll do lunch," he quips. "My machine will call your machine." --By Guy D. Garcia
...those problems," says Calhoun, "I think we've created an original art form." Indeed, the synchronized signing in the chorus numbers becomes a striking, original form of choreography, and the use of multiple actors in some parts gives the show a stylized universality. Near the end of one song, Waitin' for the Light to Shine, the orchestra suddenly stops for a few bars as the actors continue signing--a jab of silence that gives the hearing audience a chilling frisson in a rare show that can truly be called groundbreaking. --By Richard Zoglin. Reported by Molly Worthen