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...wanted to write about men who slaved for a fisherman’s wage so they could eventually return to their home country and their wives and kids—but, tongueless, I hadn’t yet gotten anybody to talk...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, | Title: Saigon, Louisiana | 7/15/2005 | See Source »

...with a revenge theme, where the main ingredient is the rapist. His approach to the reductionist difficulties of "head pie" has all the confidence and self-possession one would expect of the woman herself. Opposite him in this scene is Green, with a Muppet-like rendition of Lavinia, the tongueless assistant. The idea for the scenario is mediocre at best, but the caricatures by Amblad and Green in conjunction with the cheery daytime TV soundtrack definitely took the humor up a notch...

Author: By Carla A. Blackmar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Smashing in Spandex: Playing it Again at the Loeb Experimental | 10/30/1998 | See Source »

...November 5th "Dim Wits" by David B. Rogers, featured a mostly tongueless individual saying "Ooopth." A better caption would have been "Oooph," as the "th" dipthong cannot be pronounced by a mostly tongueless person, regardless of how dimwitted he or she is. This is a shameful example of irresponsible journalism. Jesse D. Bolton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ooopth | 11/17/1990 | See Source »

...abducted daughter. En route, she becomes the mistress of a ship's captain. Mutineers seize command and set her adrift in a small boat. It grinds ashore on the celebrated island, and within hours she is in the company of the white man and his mutilated servant, made tongueless by some cruel and nameless enemy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Friday Night FOE | 3/23/1987 | See Source »

...surgical scalpel the likeness of an ass. The American is subjected to mental torture. But just as Mr. Crispin, drawing on a surgeon's blouse, is about to consummate his fiendish plans for the Englishman, the American and the girl, the three dumb Japs, squealing laughter from tongueless mouths, have their own revenge. This is the last scene and is the most thrilling in a season which has tried very hard to provide thrills. Edward G. Robinson (Mr. Crispin) and his Garrick Players did well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 19, 1928 | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

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