Word: cavorting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hollywood's presence at the White House is not new either. John F. Kennedy frequently entertained movie stars, and Ronald Reagan was himself a product of the silver screen. Even George Bush in all his preppy awkwardness was known to cavort with Hollywood luminaries once in a while...
...Uphoff's conception, the King of Navarre and his friends are a group of prep school boys who want to be alone with their books and toys. They cavort on a fantastical playground that comes complete with a swing, a seesaw, a sandbox, a basketball hoop and, of course, an electric train set. The visiting Princess of France and her ladies in waiting find the men's actions, particularly their vow not to see women, highly amusing. Needless to say, the men immediately fall in love with the women and decide to forget their vows and begin wooing. Accompanied...
...stock classical-ballet flourishes. This kind of parody is familiar, but Tharp wisely keeps it light and witty. The heart of the evening is a suite for the two stars set to Pergolesi -- dreamy, deeply musical, full of surprising yet harmonious moves. In a zippy finale, the stars cavort, and six fine young backup dancers finally get to strut some very flashy stuff...
Protests have been aimed specifically at some of Hollywood's biggest and most prestigious films, including The Silence of the Lambs, which features a crazed transvestite who kills and flays women, and JFK, which has a scene in which gays alleged to be conspirators in the Kennedy assassination cavort in sadomasochistic fun and games. No movie, however, has provoked more outrage in the gay community than Basic Instinct, the box-office hit in which Michael Douglas plays a troubled detective who falls in love with a mystery writer (Sharon Stone) who is one of three bisexual or lesbian women suspected...
...requires a lot of expensive equipment and, usually, a membership to a golf club. Bowling, however, is the sport accessible to everyone: You get a ball, you bowl, you have fun. Bush would be wise to hang up his cleats and head for the lanes, where he can cavort and booze it up with average Joes...