Word: britishism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...electronica-powered new album from the British rock band Blur, resides in precisely that sort of timeless limbo. Not timeless in a positive sense, in the way that, say, Jimi Hendrix's Are You Experienced? is timeless, but in the way that the old sci-fi series Space: 1999 is now timeless. The series was about the moon's being blown out of Earth orbit and traveling the universe. It's 1999, and our moon is still firmly in place. There's no reason to watch that series anymore...
...electro-guru behind Madonna's most recent album, Ray of Light. The result is that 13 is full of buzzing and whirring, guitar distortion and machine-generated beats. Unlike on Madonna's album, however, few of the songs here have danceable rhythms, and few have memorable tunes. Other British acts, including Radiohead and Unkle, have explored similar sonic territory with more interesting results...
...remake of John Cleese's classic '70s British sitcom, Fawlty Towers, Payne (Wednesday, 8 p.m. E.T., CBS) stars Larroquette as a cranky, stingy hotelier undermined by his dominating wife (JoBeth Williams) and his own incompetence. If Payne serves any purpose at all, it's to show what a genius Cleese is. In the wrong hands the characters are badly drawn cartoons, the jokes offensive stereotypes and the plots a bad cross of the Keystone Kops and Three's Company. Sure, Fawlty Towers was also based on silly misunderstandings and coincidences, but it carefully built toward a manic, slapstick conclusion...
...traced their lineage through the female, and many cultures worldwide are dominated by women. Jamaica is a veritable matriarchal society that has the potential to become a model for the world. It boasts a national heroine: "Nanny," leader of the insurgent Maroons, military tactician and chieftain, who outsmarted the British in the 18th century. Ehrenreich's compelling "grandma hypothesis"--that children do better with a grandmother figure on the scene--is alive and well in Jamaica. VALERIE FACEY Kingston, Jamaica...
...long-drawn-out trial would be bad for the country. Though it would be worse for the country if the jury decided that Lewis won. Any American getting beat up by a British guy is devastating. I once spent an afternoon with Lewis, and we ate lunch in his hotel room, and he drank tea. There were moments when I'm pretty sure I could have taken...