Word: armchair
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...considerable risk of armchair psychoanylizing, I venture that that is not all this film is about. Mo' Better Blues has a strong autobiographical quality about it. I suspect that, together, Gilliam, the driven artist, and Giant, the pawn of economic forces--noticably non-Black--represent Lee himself. In light of Lee's previous praise of his own close family and his equally strong condemnation of a film industry he has found to be exploitive and racist, some of Mo' Better Blues's themes take on new meaning...
Yourow said yesterday that he hopes the event, which is cosponsored by the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics and the Summer in Boston program, will allow armchair senators a public forum for airing their views...
...Armchair psychologists speculate that Silber's ballistic streaks are compensation for being born with a deformed right arm. But his brother Paul says, "The only thing John couldn't do growing up was pick his nose with his right hand. He never knew he was handicapped. He just knew he was different." As a boy in San Antonio, Silber concluded it was best to attack early in a fight, a strategy that has been an article of faith ever since. "He learned that if he had to fight, it was best for him to land the first blow," recalls Paul...
...Likewise, those curious about "The Geographical Distribution of Insanity in the U.S." (1903) or "Pelican Profiles" (1943), or anyone "In Quest of the World's Largest Frog" (1967), had a handy reference guide. For most of its 102 years, National Geographic has been a colorful coffee-table companion for armchair explorers, roaming the world with rose-colored glasses and bringing back a cheery album of natives at play. But last week the abrupt firing of veteran editor Wilbur Garrett left staffers -- and readers -- wondering where the magazine might be headed next...
Sprawled across a rose-patterned armchair in his new Hollywood Hills home, John Goodman looks like a baby elephant lolling in a flower bed. The oversize (6 ft. 3 in., 260 lbs.), overworked actor is taking a rare five-day respite from his nonstop schedule. Says Goodman, with a sigh of exhaustion: "I'm drained...