Word: wimp
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...foil to Fine's growth from wimp to "man," the character of Mr. Eddie degenerates from a giant among men (Kiel stands over seven feet tall) to the movie's only loser, an ultimately weak and impotent "non-man." This question of what is and is not a man, posed repeatedly throughout the movie by him and a variety of minor characters unifies the storyline and raises it above the level of simple fluff...
...bedside manners, he disdains the personae of the macho and the wimp. Burt Reynolds is out - even to Burt Reynolds. Waiting around for the beloved to make up her mind is equally unwise. The role model here is Michael Caine, "a nice guy who isn't afraid to admit to the odd doubt, the sudden fear." A film critic, Schickel prefers to collect aphorisms from actors rather than philosophers. Dudley Moore is heard in praise of "the meaningful one-night stand." Woody Allen analyzes those who labor on their liaisons: "I always think they're wrong. The things...
John LeBoutillier, 27, youngest U.S. Representative, addressing the charge that he alienates senior colleagues: "On the comment I made about Senator Percy, I have to explain this. I did call him a wimp...
Calling Freeman's resolution "a wimp motion." Park said that the assembly failed to adequately inform itself on the issue...
...when something about Anita Bryant came on the news. We all regarded Anita as somewhat off the wall, but not out of any deeply felt views on homosexuality. At school, the words "gay" and "fag" were used only as insults to students so awkward or unpopular that the term "wimp" would not do. Homosexuality was spotlighted only once: when the women's studies class invited a lesbian to speak and half the parents called up to complain...