It’s the light, a kind of fire in the eyes, sometimes flaming, sometimes smoldering. It’s a gravitational force, sucking the attention of anyone around. It makes a decent actress seem great. It’s elusive, and not for sale. It’s natural, organic, innocent yet vaguely dangerous. And, like the best things in life, it’s fleeting.
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Whether you’re a bitter media blogger, or a celebrity private intellectual, or a noted 43rd Street plagiarist, or an ex of Parker Posey, or an employee of Salon who is questioning the meaning of feminism, or even Village Voice nightlife sex dwarf Tricia Romano, the time of Read More
“Why, oh why, oh why, oh—why did I ever leave Ohio?”
Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote those lyrics way back in 1953 for Rosalind Russell to wail in Wonderful Town. Had they known then what would happen 53 years later, they might have filed an early injunction against a sophomoric, confused and frankly filthy Read More
“Why, oh why, oh why, oh—why did I ever leave Ohio?”
Betty Comden and Adolph Green wrote those lyrics way back in 1953 for Rosalind Russell to wail in Wonderful Town. Had they known then what would happen 53 years later, they might have filed an early injunction against a sophomoric, confused and frankly Read More
It was just after dawn on the morning of May 25, and Mercer Street in Soho was already bustling with activity. A commercial for Colgate was scheduled to shoot that morning, and a team of burly crew members began to arrange lights and cameras for the production. Across the street lingered a gaggle of casually Read More
It was just after dawn on the morning of May 25, and Mercer Street in Soho was already bustling with activity. A commercial for Colgate was scheduled to shoot that morning, and a team of burly crew members began to arrange lights and cameras for the production. Across the street lingered a gaggle of casually Read More
Jill Sprecher’s Clockwatchers , from a screenplay by Ms. Sprecher and her sister, Karen Sprecher, has been described in the production notes as “Mary Tyler Moore meets Franz Kafka,” but Clockwatchers reminds me more of the prize-winning comic strip Dilbert , by Scott Adams, with traces of Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury and Cathy Guisewite’s Cathy , Read More
