Bad Girls Ride Again

Sun Oct 31 02:36:39 UTC 2010

Those were stage names. This one seems not to be, though I could be wrong.

JL

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 9:11 PM, Garson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:

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> The name Exotica has been used by individuals without a full
> complement of clothing since 1964 or before:
>
> 2006, Drawn to television: prime-time animation from the Flintstones
> to Family guy by M. Keith Booker
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> The premise is simple: Shapely exotic dancer Exotica Jones (voiced by
> Pamela Anderson, whose 1996 film Barb Wire—itself based on a comic
> book—is a clear predecessor to the series) secretly doubles, for
> reasons never really explained, as Stripperella, a scantily clad
> crime-fighting super-hero. Though she is barely even disguised, no one
> seems to be able to recognize that Exotica is Stripperella, …
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=EGtTOAGYSWQC&q=exotica#v=snippet&
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> 1964 November 5, Jet magazine
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> That tall, leggy brunette dancer "Exotica,"  who is complaining that
> pictures taken of her in a topless bathing suit by news media for
> publicity rather than commercial use, are being used without her
> authorization in the controversial GOP movie,  Choice. She demanded
> that she be paid for the picture immediately and that the money be
> made out in a check to the Johnson for President campaign or she will
> sue.
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> http://books.google.com/books?id=08ADAAAAMBAJ&q=Exotica#v=snippet&
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> On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:42 PM, Jonathan Lighter
>  <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > IMDb tells me that _Exotica_ , the motion picture, came out in 1994.  The
> > girl might be eighteen, but not fifteen or sixteen, AFAICT.
> >
> > You're probably right about "looking sideways."  And how about the
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> > "commit sideways" (commit suicide)?  From before 1914, IIRC.
> >
> > JL
> > On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:34 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Jonathan Lighter
> >> <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > "I'm going to the beach with Natalie and Exotica." [Apparently her
> real
> >> > name; born about 1988.]
> >> >
> >>
> >> Wasn't there an indie movie with the the title, Exotica, released
> >> ca.1988? Probably merely a random coincidence, even if so.
> >>
> >> > "Game recognize game, baby!" [Anyone as duplicitous as I easily
> >> > recognizes similar traits in another.]
> >>
> >> Well, more like, Someone who has talent recognizes another who has
> >> that talent. True, it's duplicity in this case, but it could refer to
> >> "playing sport," "pulling chicks," "booking," (in the sense of
> >> possessing academic talent, as opposed to, e.g. quitting the scene),
> >> "blowing horn," etc. As they say in Russian, Rybak rybaka izdaleko
> >> vidit. Very roughly, "Fisherman recognizes fisherman from a long way
> >> off."
> >>
> >> The Boondocks. Robert "Granddad" Freeman is planning to make a run to
> >> Costa Rica, where he expects to spend a pleasant two weeks sampling
> >> the local talent. ["sampling the local talent?" Is that phrase even
> >> understood by today's youth?] Grandson Riley speaks, downing him:
> >>
> >> "Game recognize game, Granddad, an' I ain' *nevva* seen yo' ass
> >> befo'!" Or words to that effect.
> >>
> >> >
> >> > "Lauren [is] Kristina's sweetness." [Sweetheart.]
> >> >
> >>
> >> Cute!
> >>
> >> > "Kiki [is] Brandi's _booty call_." [Friend you just have sex with
> >> whenever;
> >> > not necessarily an actual sweetheart.]
> >>
> >> The title of a 1997 movie starring Jamie Foxx. (Another East-Texan,
> >> BTW, from Terrell.)
> >>
> >> >
> >> > "If just one dick would hit on me per week, it'd be all right!" =C2 [A
> =
> > man
> >> > regarded as a sexual object.]
> >> >
> >> > "I think Kirsten has my back, even though I spit on her and told her
> to
> >> f**k
> >> > herself." [Just had to quote this bad-girl psychological analysis;
> >> sorry!]
> >> >
> >> > "Jag it off, quick stick it in, bust it, and go home." [Ladies' dating
> >> > philosophy.]
> >> >
> >> > "If we were ever that cool, you should have no trouble forgiving me."
> >> > [Friendly.]
> >> >
> >> > "I didn't do her sideways, she did me sideways!" =C2 [Befooled;
> betraye=
> > d;
> >> > treated with treachery.]
> >> >
> >>
> >> Pretty ancient. My WAG: based on "look at someone sideways."
> >>
> >>
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> >> --
> >> -Wilson
> >> =96=96=96
> >> All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"=96=96a strange complaint
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> > o
> >> come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
> >> =96Mark Twain
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