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Perhaps we shouldn't expect anything greater than such image-making from the son of Camelot. In the current issue we have plenty of it-a shirtless and bewigged Charles Barkley dressed as our first president; a puff piece titled "Jesus in '96," and presidential candidate makeovers. George reads as if nothing more were at stake in the election than the aesthetics of the face behind that nice blue podium...
...transforming either Bob Dole or Bill Clinton into Rhett Butler.) As Powell's case shows, the romance of the withheld is powerful. Scarlett wanted Ashley because she could not have him. Human nature yearns for--idealizes--what is placed out of reach: Lycidas, the hero who dies in youth; Camelot, the bright, magic might-have-been. A politics of Zen--the most powerful presence is someone who isn't there...
...PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION WITH Powell taking the oath of office could mean another "Camelot" for America. ESTEB SALES ESTADILLA Verona, New Jersey...
...Camelot is, in spirit, more a modern gated community than a myth- enshrouded 6th century realm. And the great romance that was played out there--legend's Ur-Triangle--comes across in First Knight as not much more consequential than suburban adultery. Or, to be strictly accurate, adulterous yearnings. Guinevere and Lancelot never actually consummate their affair in this movie. A couple of kisses aside, they sin entirely in their heads, and then quite guiltily. One can easily imagine them as Gwen and Lance, furtively smooching on the 18th tee during a country-club dance, or stealing glances across...
Malagant's character in the film takes the place of Arthur's son Mordred, the product of an incestuous liaison with his sister Morgan la Fay, who brings about the fall of Camelot by exposing the affair between Guinevere and Lancelot...