Word: coolest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Brookline High, near Boston, with the loping grace of a fine athlete. Girls smile at him and are rewarded with his big, Denzel Washington dazzler. Boys reach out to slap his palm. Stephen, 17, is irresistible. Kids are impressed that he's snagged one of the world's coolest after-school jobs: ball boy for the Boston Celtics. Teachers adore his diligence and willingness to stretch beyond what is required. And everyone is amazed that despite his achievements as a student (3.4 average), an athlete (baseball, track and golf), a musician (honors choir) and volunteer (Big Brother, among others...
...Wanted to--any excuse to eat three plates of greasy Chinese food before bed, you know. The coolest thing about playing this part was, you know, I never envisioned myself--I'm the youngest of six, and my brother Danny is a big guy and, you know; my brothers always kicked my ass so, you know, at 200 pounds, when dudes would get out of my way, that was pretty cool, you know what I mean? The fact that I looked and felt like I could knock somebody out was kind of cool, when in reality I'm just...
...worst thing is people who think the coolest place to be is Store 24," comments Larry, the overzealous night manager of "24." "I mean, dude, it's a convenience store...
...anti-cool is the inevitable product of rock, in many ways: coolness comes from jazz; it was invented by Miles Davis and perfected by John Coltrane. White people can never really be cool. That's why they invented rock as distinct from blues, as distinct from jazz. Even the coolest white person, say Bob Dylan in 1964 or so, even that guy can't quite get it right...
...wiseguy that he completed in "Goodfellas." The Manchurian Candidate (1962). The finest American political film ever goes deep and noir into the fear and loathing at the heart of Washington, D.C. The Getaway (1972). Noir cinema reaches its apotheosis with Peckinpah's rendering of Jim Thompson. Throw in the coolest white man ever (Steve McQueen) and you've got a scorcher. Rear Window (1954). Well, actually, the whole Hitchcock canon, actually, but my pick is Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly. Down By Law (1986). Jim Jarmusch's extended character study (incorporating a few digs at Hollywood convention) is probably...