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...champions who run South Korea these days will be shamefully AWOL in this fight, but that won't matter. South Korea's constitution offers citizenship to anyone who comes in from the North. If the U.S. can help arrange a transit route for refugees through China, the exodus will begin. When that happens, look for a better class of dictator in Pyongyang?just as the mass movements in 1989 improved the quality of governance in the former German Democratic Republic...
Nicolais and Mannapperuma said they are planning to begin campaigning at 12:01 a.m. on the nose...
...dance numbers take place in a character's mind. Moulin used pop hits by Elton John and David Bowie. But Phantom will make no excuses for being a full-blown, 143-minute rock opera that's more opera than rock. If audiences respond, Lloyd Webber says he will begin filming his considerable back catalog, starting with 1993's Sunset Boulevard. And if Phantom fails? The trend could dry up and blow away. So far, the omens haven't been good. Schumacher was set to direct Phantom in 1990, with the stage show's original stars Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman...
...origins of the cable are spurious to begin with—and so is the plaque’s claim that Evans’ appropriation of the cable is a modern statement on Duchamp’s ready-made movement. The idea of the ready-made is to take everyday objects out of their everyday contexts. But in this piece, Evans has already admitted to believing in the extraordinary origins of the cable. Once again—a self-righteous tribute to the not so exciting or insightful...
Still, SpongeBob SquarePants belongs to a different breed of contemporary cartoon than Family Guy or The Simpsons. To begin with, its tone can’t exactly be described as one of social commentary. Its characters inhabit an underwater world that is in no meaningful way an avatar of our own. Anthropomorphic sea creatures might lie only a few steps beyond an alcoholic talking dog, but those steps cover significant distance. The only thing the three shows share is armies of loyal viewers that span the spectrum from toddlers to their parents to college students...