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Anyhow, though the level of originality in the American art world is bottoming out -- a fact abundantly confirmed by this show -- the risk of actual copycat crime is low. The critic, on seeing this heavily promoted exhibition, might be tempted to practice a few arabesques on its thick skin with the carving knife, but the sheer dumbness of the art itself is a kind of body armor. Really bad art is probably invulnerable to criticism, and so it is with this slumgullion. If you thought new American art couldn't get much worse than...
Just in case you can't get enough of those precious poseurs on American Gladiators, two new copycat challengers are headed for the airwaves. Knights and Warriors will pit villains like Princess Malice and Venom against challengers from health clubs everywhere. In Warriors on Wheels, players in souped-up vehicles will compete in events like Road Kill (shooting at passing targets) and Flights of Destruction (crashing their wheels). Slime Bomb we don't want to know about. Don't look for them...
...fire, Florida police arrested an ex-convict from Chattanooga, Tenn., on charges of loitering in the area, but say he is only one of many suspects. State and federal investigators believe that while many of the fires are the work of just one or two arsonists, others may be copycat crimes. In that case, Florida churchgoers may have to bed down in the pews for some time...
Countries that don't get with the program are asking for trouble. The Bush Administration in April placed India and Thailand on the Commerce Department watch list for possible retaliation because of those countries' casual treatment of property rights. In Thailand, cited as the most flagrant violator, copycat versions of Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet software sell for the equivalent of $50 instead of the $500 U.S. price. New movies like David Lynch's Wild at Heart, not yet available on video in the U.S., go for $4 a tape...
...profanations at Carpentras were followed by a wave of copycat crimes last week. Graves were vandalized or painted with swastikas in at least six other Jewish cemeteries around the country. In the Brittany city of Quimper, red Stars of David were spray painted on 17 stores. In Royan, a 41-year-old schoolteacher was badly beaten by two masked assailants after she discussed racism with her students. Coming on top of recent attacks against North African immigrants, the atrocities that began at Carpentras prompted some French citizens to wonder whether their society were fundamentally sick. Said Paris' Chief Rabbi Joseph...