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...jottings on electronic ticker-tape signs, Elizabeth Murray's shaped canvases--all that arrived in the '80s. So did inflated reputations and a superheated art market that eventually crashed, taking some of the biggest names down with it. All the same, despite its frequent lapses into coarseness, triviality and crass merchandising--hey, because of those things!--it was the last time that stars of the gallery circuit were also famous in the wider world. The decade included not only the wild-style markings of Basquiat but also the slatherings on broken plates of Julian Schnabel, the lovable doodles of Keith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Does '80s Art Look Now? | 3/28/2005 | See Source »

Diary’s detractors correctly acknowledge that Madea is a crass and unbelievable caricature. What they miss is that her complete lack of verisimilitude is deliberate and critical to the aesthetic that Perry endeavors to create...

Author: By Bernard L. Parham, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Mad 'Diary' Fans Denounce Critics | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

...Cool is the most ironically named movie since What’s the Worst That Could Happen? Crass commercialism rarely exhibits any sign of the finesse, reserve, or hip theatricality inherent to modern definitions of cool. This flop is no exception...

Author: By Susan E. Mcgregor, Kristina M. Moore, and Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Movie Reviews | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

...Cool is the most ironically named movie since What’s the Worst That Could Happen? Crass commercialism rarely exhibits any sign of the finesse, reserve, or hip theatricality inherent to modern definitions of cool. This flop is no exception...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, Laura E. Kolbe, and Scoop A. Wasserstein, S | Title: Movie Reviews | 3/10/2005 | See Source »

...Cool is the most ironically named movie since What’s the Worst That Could Happen? Crass commercialism rarely exhibits any sign of the finesse, reserve, or hip theatricality inherent to modern definitions of cool. This flop is no exception...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Movie Review: Be Cool | 3/3/2005 | See Source »

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