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Word: whore (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...just an abandoned child; he is the son (as one of the film's stagier scenes reveals) of a psychotic pimp who murdered the child's prostitute mother. Momo and Rosa not only get a little help from their friends, they are supported by a black transsexual whore who displays the customary heart of gold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Even an Oscar Would Weep | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...edged aspect of the CB revolution is the subject of Jonathan Demme's film, Handle With Care. In this movie, Demme sketches life in a small-town American community whose inhabitants share a fascination with CB. Employed equally well by a nihilistic Nazi, a proselytizing priest and a wizened whore, the radio connects persons of different vocations and avocations. Within the framework of CB, Demme and his script writer, Paul Brickman, weave a colorful but ultimately threadbare tapestry of rural America, in which the CB substitutes for drab reality. By showing the murky side of CB broadcasts, Demme implicitly criticizes...

Author: By Hilary B. Klein, | Title: Demon Radio | 3/10/1978 | See Source »

...that wavers somewhere between woe and wonder, "the movies happened-boom! boom! boom!" American Graffiti led to The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, which led to Jaws-which led to the beginning of a breakdown. The movie was just a big fish story, says Dreyfuss, and he "felt like a whore" acting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Hollywood's Flying Object | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

...party's guests, explaining why they came, reflected a variety of attitudes towards prostitution. There was an investment counselor from the North Shore who said he wanted to know "what makes a woman want to be a whore and why would she join a union," as well as an attractive, refined Boston University student who unashamedly stated, "I have been a prostitute since...

Author: By Michael Kendall, | Title: The Oldest Profession Organizes | 11/16/1977 | See Source »

...matter of social realities and society's perceptions. A male actor can fly a plane, fight a war, shoot a badman, pull off a sting, impersonate a big cheese in business or politics. Men are presumed to be interesting. A female can play a wife, play a whore, get pregnant, lose her baby, and, um, let's see ... Women are presumed to be dull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love, Death and La - De - Dah | 9/26/1977 | See Source »

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