Word: wax
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...paid him by then, and you stand before the wall-length mirror, wondering whether to wax it. The old man takes down the picture of his boy, puts it in your bloody hand...
...finally someone who can take time out to wax philosphical and talk about the important...
...point of interest, Philistines is also noteworthy because it contains "Cruel Circus," the second dumbest pro-vegetarian song even on wax--the first is "Meat is Murder" by the Smiths. That song like most is a reflection of the colourfield's attitude problem, a problem easily fixed by introducing Hall to Husker Du's lead guitarist and singer Bob Mould on one of Mould's bad nights. That would be a lesson in commitment...
...steadies-to-be Danny and Sandy (remember John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John?), are one of the show's few weak points. The oh-so-pure Sandra Dee (Susie Glick), though competent, is not entirely convincing. Her singing generally seems a bit forced, as if she wanted to wax operatic. Likewise, her acting is perhaps too stiff for her part...
...refusal of others to see them. The reality is more tragic. They refuse to see themselves! Instead, many take refuge in the rhetoric of "racism at Harvard" as though matriculation at such heavenly institutions as Howard University or the University of Liberia was not an option. Still others wax "cosmopolitan" (borrowing Milton M. Gordon's term, read anglo-conformist) partaking of that sacred cultural narcotic: interracial mating. These equally counterproductive behavioral patterns serve predictable cathartic functions. For example, the word racism has immense deflective utility. It is frequently an excellent semantic device for obfuscating the internal roots of group failings...