Disney on Ice TSB Bank Arena, Wellington, May 15 Standing in a queue at the TSB Bank Arena for ice creams before opening night for Disney on Ice I overheard a frazzled-looking gentleman in front of me joke out loud in desperation: ‘‘I’ll have six beers please’’. It summed up the contrast between many of the children – unrestrained excitement, some of the girls in Disney princess costumes – and foreboding by parents that it would be another show where they would be bored and try to surreptitiously browse the internet on their smart phones until it was over.
Tag Archives: desperation
The Debate That Never Rests
One of the known methods of torture is sleep deprivation. It can make a person desperate.
Nation: The Angry American indian: Starting Down the Protest Trail
MOST Americans know the first Americans only by cliché.
Actress Natasha Richardson Dead at 45
One function of celebrity is to alert the rest of us to hard truths, to teach us the lessons of love and grief.