Word: cult
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...tweens can now read Teen People, Teen Vogue, Cosmo Girl and Elle Girl—publications which together form a more comprehensive account of the lives of those with birth years between 1988 and 1990. Whereas those of us who are now college-aged might have helped form a cult-like following of Claire Danes’ angst-ridden character in My So-Called Life, today’s tweens have icons who are universally recognized as celebrities with a mainstream following in multiple genres. Today’s tween stars now have the same net worth and carry...
...motto says, “For God, For Country, and For Yale.” Indeed, Yalies proudly sport the Yale insignia on backpacks to boxers, and not just at the Game—Yalies bleed Eli blue—they submit with pleasure to the cult of the bulldog...
...minutes (You?re Out of Fashion), along with a batch of soulful and melodic ballads. At times, the show has the over-the-top rock emotionalism of the 1980s musical Chess - another great score scuttled by a problematic book. Ten years from now, I can see a cult developing around the music for Taboo the way it has around the score of Chess. Count me a charter member...
...never hit the dizzying heights of American Idol, but Karaoke Revolution (PlayStation 2, $69.99 with headset) is compensation enough--and easily the most original and fun game of the year. In 2001's cult hit Dance Dance Revolution, players stomped on a dance mat in time to the beat; this sequel exercises your vocal cords via a plugged-in microphone. Singing on key couldn't be easier: an arrow shows the pitch of your voice, while a scrolling bar shows the pitch of the song you selected. Just match the two. Do so consistently, and the onscreen crowd goes wild...
...Currier House Musical Society’s adorable rendition of the cult classic Little Shop of Horrors, which ran this weekend in the Currier Fishbowl, was a well-acted, feel-good piece of House theater. The Society’s production was, as far as I could tell, based on Howard Ashman’s original theatrical script; so, although its ending was more sardonic than the well-known film’s—in the Currier version, virtually all of the major characters got eaten—upbeat fun was still...