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Rather than trying to mirror the overexposed world of upper-middle-class urban life, Dr. Katz creates its own absurd version of it. The show revolves around Dr. Katz (his voice belongs to creator and writer Jonathan Katz), a divorced psychoanalyst saddled with a 23-year-old son who still lives at home. Unlike almost every other new sitcom on TV, Dr. Katz does not rely on fast and furious quips filled with trendy pop-cultural references. Instead it features surreal, laconic riffs, many of them between the doctor and his son Ben (who, after seeing himself mentioned...
...Jewish mother, legendary creator of guilt, needs little introduction or explanation. The simple phrase "No, it's alright..."(left trailing off at the end) succinctly expresses the true guilt-producing power of the Jewish mother. Examine these examples...
...Roof, with its layers of grandiloquent Southern mendacity, might serve as an emblem for the life of its creator. The playwright with the arresting name of Tennessee was born plain Thomas; Williams wreathed himself in beguiling inventions and evasions. Some of these were the by-product of a well-meaning gentility, as in his and his family's attempts to veil from the world the tragedy of his sister Rose, whose schizophrenia ended catastrophically in a lobotomy. Some were solitary acts of cool calculation, as when he lopped three years off his age to render himself eligible for a young...
...group that blew the whistle on the unhealthy fat content of Chinese food and movie popcorn has now reported that olestra, a nonfattening fat substitute, is unsafe for consumption. The group says olestra leaches the body of essential vitamins, such as A, D and K. Proctor & Gamble, olestra's creator, has proposed fortifying it with the vitamins. The Food and Drug Administration will hold hearings in November on whether olestra is safe for use in snack foods...
...march was so historic and so memorable because black men met to atone for their shortcomings and pledged to heal their communities. Spiritual rededication was an important theme. Part of the mission statement of the march emphasized that black people should "meditate on and seek right relationships with the Creator, with each other and with nature...