Pasolini’s Last Words
Introduced by Cathy Lee Crane, with a poetry reading by Stacy Szymaszek
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Year: 2021
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Parole Parole: “Tombola”
Today’s word is TOMBOLA, the traditional Christmas Italian bingo.
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Parole Parole: “Focaccia”
Today’s word is FOCACCIA, the typical Italian flat-bread.
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Parole Parole: “Spicciare”
Today’s word is SPICCIARE, Italian for getting things done, or for hurrying up.
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Parole Parole: “Ceffo”
Today’s word is CEFFO, Italian for mug.
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Parole Parole: “Racconto”
Today’s word is RACCONTO, Italian for story or tale.
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Parole Parole: “Bischero”
Today’s word is BISCHERO, Italian for tuning peg, Tuscan for stupid.
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Parole Parole: “Pagliaccio”
Today’s word is PAGLIACCIO, Italian for clown.
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Parole Parole: “Tremendo”
Today’s word is TREMENDO, Italian for terrible, or horrific, and not – as one would imagine – tremendous.
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Parole Parole: “Omertà”
Today’s word is OMERTÀ, the code of silence enacted by a community in the face of organized crime.
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Parole Parole: “Polpettone”
Today’s word is POLPETTONE, which literally means “meatloaf,” but is also used figuratively.
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Parole Parole: “Paraculo”
Today’s word is PARACULO, applied to those who cleverly look out for themselves.
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Parole Parole: “Schizzo”
Today’s word is SCHIZZO, Italian for sketch, splash, and other meanings.
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