GR translation: Her suave metal husband

[Mike Jing]

OK. Thanks all for responding.

On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 8:38 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not opposite. Suave indicates "coolness," undisturbed by circumstance.
>
>
> On Saturday, January 30, 2016, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Which is the opposite of "suave". Hmmm...
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 9:25 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Cold and hard.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Maybe just a flicker, sex-reversed, of Fritz Lang's ''Metropolis' here?
>>>>
>>>> http://metropolis1927.com/inc/img/5.jpg
>>>>
>>>> Frau U. as the distraught and disheveled Rotwang, her husband as the
>>>> smooth, emotionless, menacing robot-Maria?
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:07 AM, Mike Jing <
>>>> gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> V716.15-20, P730.28-34   Frau Utgarthaloki jumps to her feet,
>>>>> upsetting a platter of stuffed sores—beg pardon, no they’re deviled
>>>>> eggs—and runs from the room, sobbing tragically. Her suave metal husband
>>>>> also rises and follows, casting back at the troublemakers virile stares
>>>>> that promise certain death. A discreet smell of vomit has begun to rise
>>>>> through the hanging tablecloth. Nervous laughter has long embrittled to
>>>>> badmouth whispering.
>>>>>
>>>>> What does "metal" refer to here?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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