Word: denouement
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Instead, something offensive happened. In a jaw-dropping denouement to the MTV-produced halftime show, Justin Timberlake sang, "I gotta have you naked by the end of this song," reached across Janet Jackson's black leather bustier and exposed--well, yes. But he exposed more than that. What the Super Bowl incident (Nipplegate? Boobytrap? The Tempest in a C Cup?) also revealed was the hypocrisies of the entertainment and sports industries, the commercial culture and even the viewing public...
Along the way to the fortuitous denouement, there is much silliness and song, and the cast does a fine job with both the singing and silliness. Both of the gondoliers acquit themselves quite well, although Pierce’s fabulous voice and grand acting style (oh, does he smile!) is uniquely remarkable. Also delightful—and dazzlingly talented—are Alu and Jackson; when they combine with their husbands for their “In a Contemplative Fashion” number, the entertainment reaches a pinnacle (director Leigh Shapiro deserves some credit for this, too). Bo Meng...
...Much of the fun lies in Carey's bravura manipulation of the clich?s of genre fiction. Some readers might find the diabolical Chinese women in the grisly finale to be an offensive caricature, reminiscent of Sax Rohmer's Fu Manchu epics, but the scene plays absorbingly well as the denouement of a revenge tragedy...
...music of growing up is reaching its denouement now for seniors and its crescendo for Cambridge’s newest arrivals. But in each season of our lives, we find ourselves reflective about where we have been. What is the meaning of the journey? What is the meaning of this place where we all take our first independent steps...
Creator Ryan Murphy gave us the WB's teen satire Popular, and Nip/Tuck is best when it indulges its gleeful, dark humor about vanity, self-hatred and the essential meatness of the body--as in the pilot's denouement, involving a lipo mishap and several hams. Other times, it veers into pathos. "For 10 years I've been consumed with transforming other people!" Sean screams at Christian during an argument. "Starting today, I'm transforming myself...