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...emphasis on facial expressions—particularly anger, fear and insanity—seem to foreshadow death throughout the magazine. The articles and interviews, which are all exaggeratingly concise and dramatic, seem to have a similar effect. What is most startling about the exhibition, however, is not the grotesque pictures or the descriptive stories; but the cartoon-like symbols Gimonprez employs. A disturbing logo that looks like a hybrid between Mickey Mouse, an alien and the infamous Napster logo is dispersed throughout the exhibition...
...stars, conquering the music world with either their charisma or flare (think Madonna), their unique sound (think Rolling Stones), or a combination of both (the king of pop, Michael Jackson). Mirwais fails to fall into any of these categories, despite his best attempts; he even sports some bizarre wire facial ornament on the cover of the album. If he’s attempting to make a statement, he fails, unless the statement is “I’m a Borg.” And someone please tell him to keep that jacket closed, for goodness’ sake...
Sixth Generation films, with their flat, generic titles (The Days, Postman, Platform), are about ordinary people: sufferers and inflicters of suffering, men of the street and ladies of the evening. There is little facial or verbal inflection, and few dramatic gestures, unless someone is smoking (and in Chinese films, everybody smokes, all the time). All these movies drop one big hint: in a totalitarian society, where anyone may be a government snitch, it's best to keep one's feelings and agenda hidden. To speak up, to shout or plead, is to be noticed; to be noticed is to risk...
Ragontse got off to a fast start in the semis, using his lightning quick speed to track down every drop shot or cross-court shot that Abraham offered. One of the most flamboyant players on the circuit, the Botswana native repeatedly drew a rise from the crowd with his facial expressions and Micheal Jordan-esque sticking out of the tongue...
...then there are the walking wounded: the thousands of survivors whose minds cannot yet comprehend the full extent of their tragedy. Dozens of people who come to our kitchen bear the telltale signs of a nervous breakdown in progress, the stuttering, the facial tics. Many others are in deep denial, like Varsha, a Bhuj housewife in her late thirties. The apartment block that housed her third-floor flat has collapsed. Although she and her family were unhurt, the sight of all their worldly possessions going to dust has left her unbalanced. Every day, from dawn till dusk, she stands guard...