Word: milicu
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...Opus Dei," Escriva has written, "was born to tell men and women of every country and of every condition, race, language, milicu, and state of life-single, married and priests-that they can love and serve God without giving up their ordinary work, their family or their normal social relations...
...playing blacks turning white. It's like an Amos and Andy show. The point of the play is that most people are so lethargic on the issue of racism. I generally write far more personal plays than that and deal with my own fantasies. (It's sexually not my milicu.) I try to attack the audience and say, 'Why are you laughing at this? That's racist!' Speeches come out on that subject, and we don't hear anything. We just sit there screaming Right on. Damn few people are willing to take the risk of doing a funny, funky...
...American business ventures is boldly apparent in the film. He built an entire town from scratch for his set north of Nimes in France, and was even toying with the idea of moving the set to North Africa to evoke the appropriate atmosphere. The set is reminiscent of the milicu one generally sinks into in a Graham Greene novel - remote, desolate, and treacherous...