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...cocktail state of mind. With its amiable aliens getting their pop culture out of a TV set and its hydraulic surf bunnies singing "I can't spell VW but I got a Porsche, / 'Cause I'm a blond," Earth Girls sounds like a quick mix of E.T. and Beach Blanket Bingo. But it's really a revved-up tribute to postwar Hollywood style: the vulgar vitality, the supersaturated colors, the new aristocracy of teen taste. Gaud is in the details here. A glimpse in Valerie's refrigerator reveals a package of lo-cal Pop-Tarts; the movie...
...groups self-segregating? Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion. Albert Hsia, in his March 9 editorial, criticized the Asian American Association (AAA) and other minority organizations for what he believed was their tendency toward self-segregation. But in backing up his opinion with outright falsehoods and blanket statements, he overstepped his bounds and demonstrated an ignorance of what minority groups strive to do and actually...
Note that Hsia, in his editorial, used three examples of the activities of Asian-American organizations as evidence for a blanket condemnation of all minority organizations. Hsia's editorial lacks illustrations to back up his claim against non-Asian minority groups and displays a misunderstanding of the multi-dimensional activities of Asian American organizations, showing he made no effort to determine whether his presumptions about minority organizations had basis in fact. This is irresponsibile editorializing at its worst. Lewison...
When Schultz is "tried" to avoid conviction for greater offenses, "My mother saved the front page of the Mirror with Mr. Schultz's smiling face and folded it so that just the picture showed, she laid it down in the carriage and brought a thread-bare blanket up to its chin...
...entire town is covered in a pure white blanket from sometime in November until springtime. Most of the buildings seem to have been built to complement the weather--either white with red roofs or modern wood and glass. On a lot of the streets, driving is forbidden, but you can rent a horse and cart. On a clear night, lying in the back of a straw-filled cart, listening to the horse clomp down the streets past restaurants, shops and little private ski chalets, you can see every star...