Word: cleaver
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...surface, this movie deals with the alcoholism, sexism and abuse of the really codependent but superficially "O-so-happy, June Cleaver" marriages of 1950s America. Through the dialogue and manners of Blanche Dubois, we realize how easily the surface can be scraped away to reveal the truth. Typically Southern and truly deceptive, Blanche speaks her bitter grain of truth wrapped in a sugar coating of politeness...
...pictured a man with blood running down his smock and a sadistic glint in his eye as he lifted up his cleaver again and again, hacking the heads off of bird after bird...it was a good way to start the day, I thought...
This alienation is intensified by accumulating reports of late-night harassment, a bonechilling wind-tunnel effect and the stench of urine and rubbish. The late 1950s June Cleaver dreamworld of the pedestrian shopping zone has been steadily turning into a nightmare. With the recent departure of the genteel Cambridge Shop (for Ladies) and the Crimson Shop (for Gentlemen), one can imagine the upper echelons of Harvard Real Estate peering down into the morass of the Square and wringing their hands in dismay...
...defense budget cuts, which total $124 billion over five years, more than double what Clinton projected during the presidential campaign. "We all knew the budget had to come down," says retired Army Lieut. General Calvin Waller, an early Clinton supporter. "But I'd prefer the scalpel to the meat cleaver." Majors and lieutenant colonels who have served up to 15 years fear the cutbacks will dash their chances to earn a star. Up and down the ranks, all are peeved by Clinton's proposed government pay freeze. Last week the military took another hit when congressional negotiators agreed...
...life colorfully, if by the numbers. But he falls victim to the danger of movie biography: he elevates Malcolm's importance until the vital historical context is obscured. Malcolm came of age in an era of great black oratory. Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Eldridge Cleaver, Maya Angelou had no power but in their minds and throats and pens. And what force, what rage, what music they found there...