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Word: yassuhs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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AUTHENTIC camp is a rare thing, but the script of You Can't Take It With You crawls with it. Darkie cook Rheba says to shuffle-foot Donald. "Yassuh, I'm glad I'm colored": angel-daughter Alice cries exasperatedly. "Why can't we be like other people? Roast Beef, and two green vegetables, and doilies on the table..."; Kolenkhov, the emigre ballet master, deadpans. "She is a great woman, the Grand Duchess. Her cousin was the Czar of Russia, and today she is waitress in Child's Restaurant. Columbus Circle." Unadulterated camp is screamingly funny just because...

Author: By Martin H. Kaplan, | Title: At Agassiz You Can't Take It With You | 7/28/1970 | See Source »

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