GR translation: Her suave metal husband

[Mike Jing]

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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