Word: washere
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...visit, director Richard Eoin Nash's rather loose adaptation of Friedrich Durrenmatt's Der Besuch der Alten Dame, deals with the return of Claire Washer, a not-particularly-prodigal daughter, to her home town of Slurryville after her transformation into Claire Trumpefeller, multibillionaire...
Andy is a dish washer in a restaurant, and the two meet after Martin accidentally injures Andy's cat, Ugly. Their relationship blossoms when Andy begins to "describe" Martin's photographs to him so that Martin can identify them with a Braille label-maker. Andy has finally given Martin the "proof" he needs to overcome the handicap of uncertainty...
...mine floor to the roof. To eat his dinner, he has had to lie on his back. To relieve himself, he squats in one of the myriad byways. When the day is done, coal dust covers his face and permeates his overalls. Ruby takes a scrub brush to the washer, the dryer and the bathtub, trying to remove the sooty coal...
...season opener -- in which Mom tries to greet new neighbors, rent out a room, fend off a suitor and keep the washer and dryer from being repossessed -- is a bit too hectic and overwrought. But the family is believable, and Olivia Burnette is totally winning as Dorothy Jane. With a voice that cracks charmingly at the high end, she can take a routine wisecrack ("They're just an unsuspecting, innocent family. Please don't turn into the Welcome Wagon from hell") and make it a cry of adolescent anguish. A TV kid whose jokes are rooted in real feelings...
...might have suffocated, but a nurse is with him at all times to provide help. Says George Cushmac, Bob's father: "It's lovely stuff, but it comes with the price of having to repair it when it breaks down. This isn't like owning a Maytag washer with a serviceman waiting to be called...