Word: crass
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...Kwong wants to be something other than a crass, hypocritical Republican, absent the conservative ideals that have invigorated his party—there are so many of these already—he would do well to read The Salient and apologize to its editors...
...half-century of war and talk of war. The view of a German lieutenant colonel, Baron Colmar von der Goltz, in 1883 that "the strength of a nation lies in its youth," was pretty much shared by all the muscle-flexing European powers of that era (though few were crass enough to argue, as he did, that armies needed the young because "it is only the young that depart from life without pangs.") World War I ultimately spent the lives of as many as 3 million of Europe's adolescents, and the pangs were felt for decades. "The Great...
...Rachel E. Flynn ’09), whose husband is having an affair with Mrs. Marwood (Sophie C. Kargman ’08), a woman who is trying to thwart Mirabell. Wishfort wants Millament to marry Sir Willful Witwoud (Rob D. Salas ’08), a loud and crass gentryman from the countryside, whose brother (Barry A. Shafrin ’09) lives in the city and has become a full-time fop who helps Mirabell with his schemes. Got all that...
...Nonetheless, the production manages to slip in the occasional moment of humor. Forbess gets credit for providing the bulk of the much-needed comic relief. Her crass voice alone—not to mention her donkey’s laugh—made me giggle more than once. Nicholas’ sarcasm and passive-aggressive humor also helped alleviate the production’s intensity...
...running. Then again, this film sports the sort of roguish chicanery they often fall for. Movies that feature gorgeous actors removing their clothing, wielding weapons, and displaying moral compunction at the same time offer something for everyone, and Verhoeven knows it. In one of the most crass scenes in the film, de Vries strips for Müntze, and he appears to get an erection under the sheets. She uncovers him only to find him clothed and wielding a pistol, after which he interrogates her at gunpoint. The examination, however, pains him as much as it scares...