Sticks are being thrown: the mood is enraged as people see their friends struck back or struck down.
Arnold Weinstein's libretto captures the tragic and terrifying aspects of the Medusa legend, but occasionally throws in mood-lightening wisecracks as well.
Fetching line drawings by Leanne Shapton frisk through the pages, feeding the indulgent mood and throwing a bone to readers who think their own breed, mix or mutt is the only kind that deserves artistic rendering, whether it's a bat-eared dachshund, a defiant Westie, a humorously awkward terrier mix or a bobble-head puppy of indeterminate parentage.
The first, "Interior Design," is a bit of predictable whimsy from Michel Gondry and involves a wallflower who metamorphoses into a chair; the second short, named for a French vulgarity, finds its director, Leos Carax, in an absurdist mood and throwing scat all over the screen.
I was in a horrible mood and I basically threw a temper tantrum.
I feel I'll never completely throw off this mood and hopelessness and depression.
You're not getting enough fiber and protein with that sugar, and your blood sugar not being stable could throw off your mood".
It is immediately apparent - and actually, I won't pretend to be disappointed about this - that she is in a very good mood today, thespily throwing herself at the feet of one of Mr Brookes's assistants who provides a packet of cigarettes, and letting rip with her sexy, smoke-edged laugh, not least when she wants to signpost a remark as not entirely serious, which, to my surprise, is fairly often.
To get you in the mood, we're throwing a party on the panoramic rooftop of the McCarren Hotel, complete with a performance by Audrey Napoleon and DJ sets by Total Fitness and Sean Glass.
After the Cultural Revolution subsided, in 1969, China used Ping-Pong matches to reconnect with the world, sometimes throwing matches to promote a friendlier mood.
