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...fixate on sex, not necessarily with their wives. The "it's not TV, it's HBO" raciness masks a core of sitcom truisms, right down to the lumpy male lead married to a gorgeous blond. (It can also be hard to distinguish Micky's implausible fantasies from implausible actual events, as when his assistant and her--of course--hot roommate do an erotic dance for him at her apartment.) Take away the masturbation scenes and nudity, and you've got one part In the Company of Men, three parts Mad About...
Cuba's leadership has warmed to hip-hop in recent months. While the music still gets more lip service than actual support, Minister of Culture Abel Prieto recently funneled $32,000 worth of audio equipment to rappers through the Young Communists Union's cultural arm, Hermanos Saiz. "In the past, we made some mistakes and had prejudices, like against rock 'n' roll," Prieto says. "Not anymore...
...American man! You are a godless homosexual rapist of your mother’s pet goat”). Some of these seem to go astray: Perry Pincus, seducer of Eng Lit. celebs and “unashamed sexual butterfly” is presumably a (biting) portrayal of an actual acquaintance of Rushdie’s, though for those of us outside the know, she is fairly superfluous. Although Rushdie’s New York is peopled with minutely observed passersby, victims and perpetrators of infidelity and callousness, all of whom are fuel for Solanka’s and their...
...special half-hour broadcast boasting how the network was the first to learn of President George W. Bush’s stem cell decision. Even worse, CNN’s information was incorrect—and a mistake that was conveniently not mentioned once Bush’s actual position became clear during his speech. Apparently misinformation is better than no information...
...very scenario. Lawmakers on the subcommittee are barred from commenting on the proposed reforms, but its chairman, Yuval Steinitz of the Likud Party, confirms that the intifadeh has forced a rethink. "When we see what the Palestinians have done in the last year, we see that it's an actual threat," says Steinitz. "We have to make preparations that are completely different...