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...likelihood these items, like many African antiquities on the market today, are fake. Christopher Steiner, a professor at Connecticut College and the author of African Art in Transit, estimates that "90% of what's coming into the U.S. is replicas or tourist art that's being made to look old." The problem is so widespread that even Bryna Freyer, the Smithsonian's African-art curator, can't always spot a phony. "I'm not sure I'd know an authentic Bura piece from a fake," says Freyer, referring to 2nd century artifacts from Niger, "because there simply aren...
...Their guests are largely played by the auteurs' acting pals; all the characters have something to do with show biz. In other words, egos can go from bluster to fragility, from savagery to sympathy, in the blink of an eye--without revealing which is the real emotion, which the fake...
...Likewise, Zwigoff has changed the look of "Ghost World" from a slate-blue monochrome to full color. While this sacrifices the melancholy, "ghostly" tone of the comic, it also allows for sharper contrasts between the garish, fluorescent world of fake fifties diners and multiplexes vs. the velvety tones of Enid and Seymour's cluttered bedrooms. Director of photography Affonso Beato makes the most of highlighting how ghastly America's commercial spaces and their inhabitants have become. "Look at all these creeps," Enid squeals with delight as she enters the sunless world of an "adult" videostore...
DUSTIN HOFFMAN Tootsie star objects to fake photo in gown. Judge says suit yourself, but it's free speech
...City” threatens to embody New York City. Yes, it’s glitzy. Yes, its social scene is, to a certain extent, driven by money. For example, this past June the New York Times reported that a British journalist armed with a fake title and an expense account was able to conquer New York society within a week. Yet the point of this story is not the superficiality of New York’s elite (although that’s a valid point to make). The point is that New York society is infinitely mobile. Everyone, even...