Word: elvises
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DIED. MICHAEL GAZZO, 71, actor, playwright and screenwriter; of complications from a stroke; in Los Angeles. Gazzo's A Hatful of Rain was a mid-'50s stage hit that depicted a drug-addicted Korean War veteran with sympathy and, for its time, compelling realism. The work enjoyed a second life...
The case in front of the cash register features delicately wrought cameos of the Crucifixion and rhinestone pins emblazoned "JESUS," which look like perfect accessories for an Elvis impersonator. Customers can even purchase an illuminated Infant of Prague for the lawn or family room.
Is this kind of thing good or bad? That's an argument that's probably been going on since the first crude painting of a naked person was drawn on the wall of a cave. Does cybersex conform to community standards? The idea of community standards starts to evaporate when...
...French Elvises? These were no Graceland imitators born of cheap beer and the American dream. Here was a transcontinental composite--a blend of the uniquely American and the quintessentially French into something entirely new: the Franco-Elvis...
...frazzled stewardesses rushed to calm the masses. With Elvis (plural) finally reseated, they gladly prepared the plane for landing in Boston. From here, the Elvises apparently continued on to Memphis for a further display of this cross-cultural convergence...