"Liar,
Temptress, Soldier, Spy is conscientiously researched and smoothly written and structured (chronologically, so a certain amount of suspense is built in).
But the real treat for fans interested in Garbo's studio life comes on the commentary tracks for "The
Temptress" and "The Mysterious Lady." A collection of film historians dissects each silent as an example of how the entertainment industry used to run, and the result plays like an outstanding day at film school.
Clark's laminated mahogany sculpture, titled The King's
Temptress, differs from the stone relief carvings on the walls of Angkor Wat in that it is fully three-dimensional.
In Verhoeven's original take on Basic Instinct, set in Holland, the killer is still a woman, but the bisexual is a guy named Gerard (Jeroen Krabbe), who becomes obsessed with the
temptress's hunky young boyfriend, Herman--(Thom Hoffman).
Still, lotsa reviews (music, film and shows) and it's saved by an interview with B-Movie
temptress Julie Strain--and one of the dudes in Wolfpac has a Thrasher t-shirt on.
This convergence of Erminia, captive pagan woman, and Armida, conquered pagan
temptress, makes perfect sense in light of writings by Jerome and Boccaccio which make reference to the captive woman of Deuteronomy 21.
In the West, however, the image of Mary Magdalene as sensual
temptress is deeply entrenched.
The other major role of the Asian American woman in the media is that of the evil
temptress or what is called the Dragon Lady.
E spent a week in Belize on board the
Temptress, a 174-foot U.S.-built cabin cruiser outfitted to take 62 passengers on nature cruises along the coast south of Belize City.
As it turns out, Jean Kierans, the toyboy's
temptress, nicknamed the future prime minister "Rover," which has some curious connotations.
From their living room in New Jersey, George and Maggie Antrobus (from the Greek anthropos, "human"), their promiscuous daughter Gladys, hostile and destructive son Henry (who represents the biblical Cain), and maid Sabina (who represents Lilith, the eternal
temptress) face the trials of humanity through the ages, from icy destruction to flood and war.