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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is only one drink that can wash away thetaste of bitter defeat: sweet revenge...

Author: By Ian R. Condry, | Title: Bigtime at Blodgett | 2/8/1986 | See Source »

...opening scenes, we see her giving birth to a child by her father and being married off to a man she doesn't know. This is pretty horrible stuff, especially for a sixteen-year-old, but some of the disgust we are meant to feel is lost among the wash of color and high quality production. Unable to communicate subtly the extent of the father's shortcomings, Spielberg is forced to rely on a line from the script in which father tells daughter to "hurry up" while she's in labor...

Author: By Jeff Chase, | Title: The Color Too Purple | 1/31/1986 | See Source »

...time to wash my hands...

Author: By President - and Jeffrey A. Zucker, S | Title: A Parting Shot | 1/29/1986 | See Source »

Your girlfriend says to you: "Why can't you be more like Sam Shepard?" She buys you denim jackets, refuses to wash your bluejeans, pickles your tongue with shots of tequila. "Why don't you buy a lasso?" she suggests. "Buck broncos, for Christ's sake. Dip snuff, do chaw, go smokeless, anything...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: The Shepard Zone | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

...looks good on the dashboard of your truck as you pull away from the lot. A mile from your girlfriend's house you stop at a ditch to wash your bloody head. When you look up you see your girl across the water drinking tequila, a broken fishing pole in her hand. "Darlin'!" you cry. "I've come to take can't never leave each other...

Author: By Daniel Vilmure, | Title: The Shepard Zone | 1/24/1986 | See Source »

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