GR translation: Her suave metal husband

[David Morris]

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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','fqmorris at gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Cold and hard.
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 8:22 AM, Monte Davis <montedavis49 at gmail.com
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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