Word: everyman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...every chapter Doyle mixes high, historical romance with low, earthy humor. At times Henry is a bit too much the Irish Everyman, modeling so many Celtic vices and virtues that he seems legendary instead of human. What saves Henry from becoming a mere myth, though, is Doyle's attention to detail, his warty realism. For all the great events he plays a part in--the battles, elections, conspiracies and crackdowns--Henry never dissolves into the scenery but stands out against it in painful, proud relief...
...increasing complexity of today's global community demands a more sensitive, nuanced line. One without an everyman tip. With a fountain pen, the angles and curves of one's unique penmanship are made clear, the ambiguities and hesitations of the writing struggle as plain as day. The technocracy shall not survive...
...said that Stanley Kubrick has a tendency to put mood ahead of content in his films. But while such a predilection for atmosphere would be a fault in other directors, in Kubrick it was a gift, and in Eyes Wide Shut this gift comes shining through. A sort of Everyman for a sexually liberated age, Eyes Wide Shut features Tom Cruise, a sex symbol himself, as its wandering pilgrim. And the overwhelming tone of the film is certainly one of wandering. Progressing from one self-contained vignette to another, the movie moves from a theme and variations motif...
...aspirants cultivating an "everyman" image must avoid appearing too much like the guy next store...
...realm of the snobby, afford-anything rich. Ask Martha Stewart, or the prominent architects and furniture and car designers who swap industries these days just to give products that extra mark of distinction. Thus Hirshberg, who began his career as a Pontiac designer, is doing a newspaper. An everyman-discount store like Target, for instance, hires architect Michael Graves to design a toaster. And an everyman-car company like Ford hires a product designer like Australian Marc Newson to do a sprightly concept...