Sentences with phrase «old money mavens»

Victor (voiced by Johnny Depp) and Victoria (Emily Watson)-- their names more a reference, I like to think, to Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda than to the eponymous Blake Edwards picture — are pawns in an arranged marriage, with Victor's nouveau riche fishmonger parents looking for a class boost through Victoria's old money mavens, who, finding their coffers empty, hope to replenish themselves financially at the proverbial well.