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...useful not only to normal citizens but to journalists as well. In the matter of Mr. Reagan it will be considerably easier for, say, a pleased New York Post to write its 3-in. headlines: BONNIE RONNIE, or DUTCH TREAT, rather than resorting to a characteristic, though imprecise, YAY. There is, of course, a kind of nickname that does not stem from a desire for familiarity. Sobriquet is a more ceremonial word for nickname (sort of a nickname's given name), but it is generally used in a formal, titular sense, and not as anything one actually would call...
...only veteran from the movie is costume director Sue "Yay Sue!" Blaine. Frank Gregory undulates admirably as Frank N. Furter, but the image of Tim Curry's entrancingly seductive performance remains etched in memory as the real thing; Pendleton Brown plays a fine Riff Raff, Furter's alien sidekick--although his dark hair seems somehow un-Riff Raffish to those accustomed to O'Brien's bald-eagle blond cranium. Rocky fans, who recognize the slightest deviation from the standard film version, will perhaps cringe at each "revisionist" inflection or gesture; but, unless in a savage mood to begin with--distinctly...
...believe that "Good News, Bad News" jokes derived from a group game we called "Yay! Boo!" which was played at high school and college parties in the '40s and '50s. For example: "This is your social chairman speaking. Tonight we have invited some ladies over to entertain us (Yay!). However, they will be completely dressed (Boo!)... in cellophane (Yay...
They ripped into "De-si-i-gn for De-e-di-cation": "We'll go harder, faster, higher in space, Deeper in the sea, The greatest generation in history, And banish forever hatred and fear. Famine and greed, Every last problem of humanity. So hay-yay ..." They poured out "What Color is God's Skin?" They rocked out their theme song: "Up! Up with people! You meet em wherever you go! Up! Up with people! They're the best kind folks we know...
...this remake, MGM cooks the goose that laid the golden egg. Rarely have so many charmless performers been assembled. Zing, freshness, warmth, humor and yay-team vitality have been banished-presumably to please a new generation that will never know what it missed. The Garland-Rooney roles are taken over by Singers Connie Francis and Harve Presnell, who mope through the vintage show tunes as though they have memorized the words and music while disowning the message. Instead of getting-the-gang-together-to-put-on-a-dandy-show, they are paying off a gambling debt for Connie...