You'd lose sight of the kabuki-meets-anime-meets Native American warpaint makeup and the rainbow lionfish costumes.— KEXP 90.3 Blog
It's all kabuki, of course -- there's no real representative democracy in Hong Kong, and half the seats in the legislature will be filled with members "elected" by small-circle vested interests.— Learning Cantonese
Over the past few weeks, newspaper ads featuring the distinctive Kiss kabuki-style makeup designs have been directing the curious to a kissonline. com revealed the event was a go as well as the Friday sale date.— The Chronicle Herald - Front Page Stories
The theater itself, both in the puppet drama and the newer kabuki, as written by the greatest dramatist, Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1724), relied on the clash between duty and inclination in the context of revenge and love.— Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
Granted, the UN kabuki is pointless, but it keeps North Korea reasonably quiet while we attend to more pressing matters.— Hot Air » Top Picks

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