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...junk-culture references makes Spielberg sound like the world's smartest kid. Which he probably is and, once upon a shooting star, surely was. To see the man, look at the child--with Spielberg more than most, this is true. "What binds my films together," he says, "is the concept of loneliness and isolation and being pursued by all the forces of character and nature. That comes from who I was and how I was raised." The big mystery the mature Steven had to unravel and come to terms with is this: Whose child...
...just noticed that you used the phrase "cultural objects." Do you support the idea of these survey courses, or even any courses in an art history department, working with the concept of "visual culture?" For example, Harvard's course Literature and Arts B-10 is called "Introduction to Art and Visual Culture...
...pleasantly subversive contrast between the jaunty, 1920s style music and ironic lyrics. Some of the tunes borrow from Parker's poetry, which works surprisingly well in songs like "Poets Alone Should Kiss and Tell" and "Sunshine." The ensemble song "Men (I'm Not Married To)" also turns a sardonic concept into a buoyant musical number. But cast members often had to struggle to be heard over the accompanying band, so that in many cases the music was heard but the words were muffled...
Levin was half right. Consumers are very interested in such access--but many transactions work better on the Internet, just a budding concept in 1994. All that most consumers want from their cable company is TV and movies on demand...
...CONCEPT OF "CONNECTING" GETS A lot of lip service in Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune. The title characters use speech, sex, food and music in their sometimes earnest, sometimes weary efforts to make that connection. The sex is fun, but it's not the point. Frankie and Johnny want someone to brush their teeth with in the morning...