Word: offends
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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This sort of thing will almost certainly offend Christie purists, and it may puzzle those few remaining gentlefolk who are uninterested in the offstage carryings-on of picture people. But the film does capture, in satirically exaggerated tones, certain recognizable film types and the hyperbolic, hyperactive way they address one another during the many waiting-around hours their peculiar occupations impose upon them. This does not entirely compensate for the short weight this picture gives mystery fans or for its technical shoddiness. But the good lines make Mirror more fun to watch than it has any right...
Where, in its preparation, the film became mushy misanthropy one cannot tell. It can certainly be said that Popeye will bore children and offend adults who fondly remember the original. It is a travesty to hear Williams warble the classic "I yam what I yam" line in one of Harry Nilsson's many witless songs. "I'm not the man I was" would be a more appropriate lyric. Or maybe, "What have they done...
...Kania can keep the Soviets calm, the West is poised to help with loans and other aid. The Common Market nations agreed last week to make available surplus beef and butter at discount prices, provided Poland asks for them. It was a fairly timid gesture designed not to offend the Soviets, but it could be a very wel come one to Poland if severe food shortages develop this winter...
...Neighborhood has not been spotted anywhere near the Top 40. Stevie Wonder assured the Bus Boys of his enthusiasm but warned that other blacks might not share the sentiment. "I'm not worried about blacks liking this," Brian insists. "And I'm not worried about whom we offend. Most themes for black contemporary music are party-love-dance. I think we will hit black audiences hard...
...that compromise and the MacBride report itself had moved one British speaker to recount the story of the Anglican curate who sits down to breakfast with his bishop and finds an obviously bad egg on his plate. When the bishop offers to replace it, the curate, trying not to offend his host, protests: "Oh no, my lord. I do assure you, it is excellent in parts." The Western press may likewise find the new information order, as UNESCO seems likely to serve it up, good only in parts-and hence unpalatable as a whole...