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Akdom Posted 17 years ago
I am completely guessing its meaning here:
the metaphor of the smell/scent of mothballs implies an atmosphere of "old" "Vintage" "late 1950s" ???
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Throws off a strong whiff of moth balls
This borders on sacrilege, but "Revolutionary Road" hangs its melodrama on several outdated devices. Director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythe, working from Richard Yates' influential 1961 novel, have turned in a heavyweight domestic tragedy that's seriously acted and handsomely shot but throws off a strong whiff of moth balls.throws off a strong whiff of moth balls???
I am completely guessing its meaning here:
the metaphor of the smell/scent of mothballs implies an atmosphere of "old" "Vintage" "late 1950s" ???
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akdom the metaphor of the smell/scent of mothballs implies an atmosphere of "old" "Vintage" "late 1950s" ??? That's seems to be what the author meant, especially since the story is set in 1955.
- akdom the metaphor of the smell/scent of mothballs implies an atmosphere of "old" "Vintage" "late 1950s" ???
- That's seems to be what the author meant, especially since the story is set in 1955.
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akdomthe metaphor of the smell/scent of mothballs implies an atmosphere of "old" "Vintage" "late 1950s" ???That's seems to be what the author meant, especially since the story is set in 1955.
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