Word: angelized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Apocryphal Protogospel of James says the angel Gabriel first spoke to Miriam by the well. The suggestion that Jesus' childhood may have been dogged by the accusation of bastardy is perhaps implicit in his townspeople's question in Mark 6, "Isn't this Mary's son?" To be called one's mother's son, as opposed to one's father's, was often an implication of bastardy, or at least a sign that one's paternity was unknown, whether divine or not. Early opponents likewise suggested that Miriam had conceived Jesus with a Roman soldier, Panthera. His childhood may well...
...Willennium, Will Smith collaborates with artists such as Eve, Tatyana Ali '02, Breeze, Lil' Kim and Kel Spencer. The sound varies from the clever satire of pop culture in "Freakin' It" to the powerful "Afro Angel," which uses the simplicity of its lyrics as a highly evocative tool. Willennium thumbs its nose at apocalyptic prophecy, evidenced by the irony of the album's first song, "I'm Comin'," where Smith tells his audience to relax about the millennium because "It's not the second coming of Christ, it's the first coming of me." Smith's collaboration with MC Lyte...
NAME: Kevin ("Silent Bob") Smith OCCUPATION: Sanctimonious director BEST PUNCH: To promote Dogma, Smith's new film, which some Catholics have alleged satirizes religion, the movie's distributor ran ads with the slogan "Get Touched by an Angel...
NAME: Touched by an Angel OCCUPATION: Sanctimonious TV series BEST PUNCH: Angel network CBS complained the ads suggested a link between the series and the "irreverent movie that apparently belittles every religious tenet embraced by our show...
...hands, a teenager's addiction to work could be a subject for comedy; the Dar-denne brothers turn it into tragedy and transcendence. But this dour, powerful film might be just an anecdote without Dequenne, 18. She invests Rosetta with the weird ferocity of an alien creature: a wild angel or a madwoman. This novice actress's task--finding the shading of realism in what could be a cartoon of misery--is made all the more harrowing by the film's intense, handheld scrutiny of her face in almost every shot. The purity of Dequenne's performance inspires...