Parlour
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They agreed, and went into the inn
parlour
, which was separated from the ball-room on weekdays by a movable partition.
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Here, however, he does wonders in making his score distinctly English, from
parlour
songs to operatic duets and soliloquies to society waltzes to Gilbert/Sullivan style patter.
Setting that rather significant (since this is called a comedy!) failure aside, since I have no personal knowledge of the subject matter, I'll avoid comment about the authenticity of the story - which deals with the goings on behind the scenes in a Toronto massage parlour, except to say that - if this is true - the life is pretty dull.
This film does not leave you feeling the need to throw out one liners with your friends over a couple of pints, it does not leave you believing they had some fun over in Vietnam like in Hamburger Hill when they go to the local massage
parlour
and get laid and drink beer (although Hamburger Hill does hit home), this film shows exactly what fighting that war was all about.
She did not stop, but went downstairs in her coarse woollen stockings, feeling her way, and lighted another candle in the parlour, to prepare the coffee.
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