Word: backdrop
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...women "sweetheart" and "honey." I heard members tempt successive women with trips to Barbados and the Bahamas. I watched members' eyes roam hungrily down passing women's bodies as they were kissing another woman on both cheeks. Though perhaps not unique to the clubs, such behavior forms an indecent backdrop, a disturbing undertone guests are forced to endure...
Rising from this backdrop are policies that demonstrate the clubs' male chauvinism. Men are asked to arrive at punch events several hours before their dates are allowed to arrive. During all-male hours, members mingle with punches and everyone gets fairly drunk. Then the dates pour in, the next act in the evening's program...
...evocative of American Indian ceremonies, jolted everyone out of their seats with its stark contrast in mood. The seven dancers, each representing a historical Indian figure, writhed and twisted across the stage to a silent rhythm maintained only by the stomping of feet and the slapping of palms. The backdrop was illuminated by sprays of colored light, shifting shape and texture with each transition in the choreography. The audience was overwhelmed by the sheer strength of movement and the intensity of the combinations, both enhanced by the prowess of the Conservatory dancers. Each solo was marked by particular nuances: expansive...
McGruff is definitely capable of keeping up a beat; he shows this talent best in the opening number "Gruff Express," which maintains a lively backdrop as McGruff expounds on his plans for success and fame. Other exceptional pieces include "What Cha Doin' To Me" and "What You Want," both of which combine catchy backgrounds with the fast-paced lyrics...
...promise from the Book of Revelations. Entire careers germinate and blossom from cliche rhymes, jacked beats and videos with big breasts spread across massive mansions; and every so often rapping prophets warn us about the Apocalypse behind the corner of the next edition of Rap City. Against this backdrop, lyrical nerds wonder aloud, who will save...