scissors

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While it has been directed with careful attention to shaping its emotional arc by Tim Jackson, “Two Strangers” might have amplified its charms with a few snips of the scissors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Johnny Depp, making another appearance in this book, plays the title character, “born” with scissors for hands, who comes down from his castle to live with the kindhearted Boggs family.

From Salon

In photographs published online, scissors and a hair band had been discovered in the branches on the jungle floor.

From BBC

As one publicist handed out Altoids and another searched for scissors to open tuxedo jacket pockets, Wood pulled out his phone to blast the Big Tymers’ “Beautiful.”

From Washington Post

Perez makes balloon animals for the audience and plays games like rock, paper, scissors and telephone, but that hardly seems to qualify the work as immersive theater.

From New York Times