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...disdain for critics outside its borders; indeed, it was envisaged as a collectivized moral paragon, a fragile, idealized community that must hold itself to its own high standards if it hopes to preserve its figurative elevation.To be fair, Palin reined in her nationalism, if not her loopy syntax, immediately afterward; she continued, “We are not perfect as a nation. But together, we represent a perfect ideal. And that is democracy and tolerance and freedom and equal rights.” So, yes, she understands that a bitter incongruity exists between American ideals and American realities?...
Socially, we use comedy differently. British people tend to employ irony a little more. Often, I find, my American friends when they are being ironic will say, "Just kidding," afterward. We'll say, "You come do this, or I'll smack you in the face," and expect that person to realize that we're not being serious...
...subsequent memories of the project—the memories of those who experienced the work, but also the documentary evidence and preparatory drawings that form the physical residue of a transient installation. Between these lie the climactic two weeks when each project is open to the public; afterward, all the materials are dismantled and recycled. During an intermission in the afternoon’s events, Christo and Jeanne-Claude stepped out onto a balcony by the ICA’s theater. In the warmth of the afternoon sun, Jeanne-Claude tipped the ash of her cigarette into a rectangular metal...
...Washington. "There isn't anything spoken in anger, but certainly these are men with ideas and can be forceful in how they express them," says one person familiar with their calls. "If there's a sense that someone was miffed or something, then there's a private call right afterward, and then the next call is fine...
...view. The film continues on in this way with bicycles, garbage trucks, and, at one point, a van of piano movers. “An almost perfect example of Emerson’s principle that a few mechanical changes can make a person think,” Sitney said afterward. “What we see here is a portrait of street life by someone who perceives it with great intensity.” A film Sitney showed by Stan Brakhage also uses upside-down shots along with shifting exposures and motion, while another by Hollis Frampton begins with...