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...remake The Perfect Human five different times, each under bizarre conditions imposed by his sponsor. Whatever humiliation Von Trier imagined, Leth makes the results (and the film that documents them) fascinating. The Five Obstructions is a kind of reality-TV show for art-movie lovers--an up-market Fear Factor--and, finally, proof that art is created not despite but because of the impediments surrounding...
...counterparts in radio--are under government scrutiny, after all, because of young men. They were the reason MTV produced the racy halftime show. They were the reason for the gross-out Super Bowl commercials that also got criticized. And other decency targets--The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, Fear Factor, Howard Stern? Young men, young men, young...
...thought the articles were actually really good. Very pertinent to what people want to read. I didn’t think it was too risque,” she said. “The shock factor was a lot less than I expected...
...weekend’s team trials were the final factor in a complex formula that determines who makes the roster. The results of this event counted for 40 percent of a total calculation in which year-end national ranking accounts for 40 percent and one’s performance at the S.L. Green National championship—held in Seattle, Wash., earlier this year—counts for the other 20 percent...
What can't easily be discounted is the coolness factor. As hybrids with the looks, luxury and power of conventional cars emerge, consumers may snap them up. Ryan Brown, 25, a computer consultant from Arlington, Va., just dumped his hot car--an Audi TT roadster--for a Prius. He fell in love with the Prius' technology, peppiness and design. But he is having one problem. The Prius runs silently on electric power at low speeds, and that can be spooky. "Driving it in a parking garage, people don't hear me coming. You don't want to honk, but folks...