Word: haired
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...offensive characters did detract from the show's overall funny tone. John Blackstone's Freida B. Youanme played on every stupid and disturbing stereotype of feminism, from gratuitous references to bra-burning to his very long underarm hair, which Tomarken brushes at one point. This is not Blackstone's fault--he gives a very strong performance--but rather a problem with the character as it is written. This is the kind of character that gives the Pudding its bad name. (Although I must admit that I was at least as upset by the audience's happy acceptance of every enraging...
...huge leg-o'-mutton sleeves and artificial wasp waists. Starr's character is initially decked out in a purple and hot-pink number with a flattering chignon wig and a huge hat complete with pink bird and huge ostrich feathers. Kaiser has feathers and flowers literally stemming from his hair, or possibly from his Eyrehead...
...want to hone those bargaining skills, take a trip to the straw market, a two-story open market building in downtown Nassau. There, dozens of Bahamian natives will talk sweetly to you while they braid your hair Bo Derek-style and sell you lots of little straw and wood gadgets that you don't need. At the very least, you'll have fun picking up souvenirs for friends and family back home...
Better include wigs and costumes too. Anderson has a long, thick mane of strawberry blond hair, and directors always want her to forgo wearing hairpieces. But she feels she cannot play a character without an element of disguise. Last July, when she appeared in the inaugural performance at the new Bastille opera house in Paris, Anderson was unhappy with her specially designed gown from the French couturier Ungaro. She promptly began pulling it apart. To the rescue of French couture -- and that evening's gala -- rode "a nice man who got down on his knees and began pinning." His name...
...time trees were sacred. Gods inhabited them and took their forms. Trees were druidic. They rose out of the earth, gesticulating, tossing their hair. They were the tenderest life-form: cooling, sheltering, calming, enigmatic. Or else they might harbor terrors: beasts and devils in the dark forest. They were, in either case, magic. Still are, of course, although they have also evolved into mere lumber...