Word: waitresses
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DIED. LORNA THAYER, 85, actress immortalized by her role as an intractable waitress in the 1970 Jack Nicholson film Five Easy Pieces; in Woodland Hills, Calif. In the movie, her unyielding "No substitutions" to Nicholson's request for toast with his lunch order prompts a prickly exchange that culminates with her disgusted "You want me to hold the chicken, huh?" and a Nicholson retort that has made the scene a fixture of Hollywood highlight reels...
...Copy Desk also assesses the evolution of usage in the U.S. A current priority is to eliminate language that is considered sexist. All but gone are such implicitly pejorative nouns as poetess, murderess, coed and comedienne. Sighs Blair: "I have tried to eliminate waitress and actress too, but we have not come that far yet." Well, each thing in its own time...
...made her first impression in a portrayal of Marilyn Monroe for the 1980 TV movie Marilyn, the Untold Story. But Catherine Hicks did not expect to impersonate another sex symbol when she signed up for Fever Pitch. Hicks, 34, plays a Las Vegas cocktail waitress named Flo who, it turns out, bears more than a passing resemblance to Marlene Dietrich. Hicks took on the look of the legendary German actress after Director Richard Brooks suggested that she dress like an old-time movie star instead of your typical casino bunny. "I always loved The Blue Angel," said the star...
...includes references that poke fun at the outrageousness of HPT costumes, which tend to be designed according to stereotypes. Indeed, at one point in the show, Gay Caballero tells his partner-in-crime, an Asian railroad maven named Ho Down, that she looks “like a cocktail waitress for the Viet Cong.” She responds equally critically, commenting that he looks “like a rainbow collapsed on a naked man.” Set designs, too, are numerous and help to set a realistic stage—though, as a part of the backdrop...
...station from the east: "I'll give it to you straight. A creeping coup is taking place. We must do everything possible to prevent this coup from happening." After Parliament called for a fresh vote, many felt that the coup had succeeded. "This is banditry," said Irina, 39, a waitress in a Kiev caf. "I voted for Yanukovych. He was legally elected. They should have let him start working. I'm scared to think what will become...