Word: weirdness
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...Weird and wonderful things go on sale during the holiday season, from His and Her windmills ($16,000 each) at Neiman-Marcus in Dallas to 15-lb. boxes of Irish peat ($14.90), which one Rhode Islander is advertising as Yule fuel. This year one can even buy a turkey dinner-buy dinner, that is, for Meleagris gallapavo, the American wild turkey. The offer comes from the Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary on Martha's Vineyard, where as many as 650 wild ducks, geese and turkeys peck through 200 Ibs. of corn, oats, wheat and high-protein dog food...
...dance, one to mime), are interesting but unwieldy. The cast seems unable to overcome the problems presented by this proliferation of main characters, although two of the three speaking leads and several strong supporting performances save the show. They make it an interesting, if somewhat weird, evening of theater...
...that next week's Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers concert at the Paradise will be sold out if a lot of people buy tickets. This is one of those rare occasions on which I actually recommend that you go to a concert: Jonathan Richman is really good, really weird, and he puts on a great snow; most other artists these days, like Queen, Kiss, Heart, and Kidney, are all done with mirrors. Or holograms...
...imagined the door swung half open and inside he could see neon, orange and green lights blinking, and bats blowing trumpets and alligators playing trombones, and where he could see snakes screaming. Weird masks and actors' clothes hung on the wall, and if he stepped across the sill and reached for them, he knew that he was committing himself to his own destruction...
...about the plot. The 18 students and their teacher all hunch silently in their seats. Down the hall, three more English classes, packed in a small theater, are also viewing films. Complains one teacher: "I really get caught up in my subject matter. But some teachers think that's weird. The attitude in the faculty lounge is, 'Does anyone have a film...