..He""s gotten so evil, he""s even started losing his hair...he just wants to make you proud." As they voluptuously kissed when she departed, she transferred a key into his mouth.Then, Evil announced to the other inmates that they could start a riot at 8 pm to distract the guards, while he and Mini-Me walked out the front door.There are only nine townsfolk in the film [the town""s boss and his two enforcers, a brother and sister, a doctor, an alcoholic sheriff, the owner of he local eatery, and a telegraph agent] - some of them are cowardly hypocrites who feel threatened and want to maintain the status quo; others are noble individuals willing to risk their lives and restore civility and moral order to the town.Baum""s writings were based on her own real-life experience as a chambermaid at two well-known Berlin hotels.Cody suspiciously knows that Big Ed, his lieutenant who has acquired his nickname due o his "big ideas," is waiting for his chance to overthrow him (and also snatch his seductive wife):Ya know somethin"", Verna? If I turned my back long enough for Big Ed to put a hole in it - there""d be a hole in it.And it is the right of the people that they shall not be deprived of hope.BackgroundAmerican Beauty(1999) is a tragic, absurdist, satirical and dark domestic tale - and thedebutfeature film of British-London theatrical-stage director Sam Mendes.