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Schor focused on the works of Flaubert, Zola and other 19th-century French writers. But her academic work was “eclectic” by her own description; Schor’s intellectual interests ranged from Salvador Dali to George Sand...
Inspirations of Tanenhaus include her father, who is also a visual artist. “Dad collects mannequin legs,” says Tanenhaus. “We have a couple sticking out of the lawn in the backyard.” Tanenhaus also mentions a Dali painting with eyes on a plate, which may or may not have been formative. “It’s kind of a cheap shot,” she says. “If you have a limb where it’s not supposed to be, it’s going...
...Will and Dali are in the mold of great captains,” Fish said. “They work, they don’t make excuses and they’re great sportsmen...
...This collection ranges from "essays," like the self-explanatory, "I Hate Dali," to tales like "Peculiar Celebrity," about the wife of a high-school teacher. The strongest of these involves a nine-year-old girl who discovers a device in her great-aunt's basement. The story the aunt tells of the contraption has such charm and imagination I daren't reveal it except to give you the title: "Personality Records." (Note the clever sideways reference to the "RPM" of the book's title...
...basically been the same five songs for the last 15 years: one piece of Randy Newman hackery, one Disney song, one quasi-Disney song, one interesting song by a cool artist, which will lose, and song by an old guy - this year Bob Dylan, looking a touch like Salvador Dali. (Did Dylan alone get to play his song in full to justify the cost of the satellite link from Australia, or because the Academy is controlled by aging Baby Boomers...