Word: boyfriend
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...analyst in love with his patient's ESP predecessor, however far-out it might sound, does lend itself to dramatic treatment. But Lerner has tossed in an assortment of potshots, such as the constant jibes at Freud or at the organization man, typified by Daisy's slick boyfriend. These humorous tidbits bear no relation to the main line of the play, and one suspects that bringing in Mort Sahl for a few ten minute interludes would be far more effective. The songs which occur during these offshots suffer also from dramatic anemia...
...relationships for which they are not prepared emotionally or practically. For some, this is an agonizing decision, for it challenges long-accepted values. But for others, the decision is perhaps too easy. A native freshman who is shocked by the knowledge that an upperclass friend is sleeping with a boyfriend may, after a year, come to feel that an affair is natural or even desirable. Social pressure may also influence this decision. "Many girls are motivated more by a need to compete with other girls and even with the boys themselves than by a wish for serious emotional relationships...
...lives, and they hope that her lover of 50 years ago--Alfred Ill, played by Christopher Medearis--can persuade the old lady to give them some money. The old lady agrees to help--she will contribute the phenomenal sum of "one billion"--on one condition. It seems her former boyfriend had made her pregnant, and then denied before a court of law that he was responsible. As a result she was forced to leave town, 17 years old and seven months pregnant. Starting as a prostitute, she married nine rich men in a row to become the richest woman...
...last few months my roommate's been breaking up with her boyfriend," another Cliffie remarked, "and you can tell just how badly their relationship is going by how much she eats...
Some girls think that the mental emptiness caused by indecision or procrastination lies at the root of the problem. Just as their thoughts are paralyzed, so their hands become paralyzed in a mechanical gesture from plate to mouth. Once the boyfriend has been broken up with or snared, the paper begun, the field of concentration chosen, or the destination reached, food becomes unnecessary...