Word: fame
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...show - was something fresh in musicals. But a lot has changed since those pre-AIDS, pre-Andrew Lloyd Webber days. For one thing, the self-referential, show-about-a-show device has become the easiest and most insular of Broadway crutches (see The Drowsy Chaperone or Martin Short's Fame Becomes Me). As good as A Chorus Line was, you could also consider it the start of the Broadway musical's long slide toward irrelevance. Who wants to relive that moment...
...evening's entertainment was Foley. Before last week, his claim to fame on the Hill was a knack for impersonations and storytelling. He could mimic Bill Clinton, and both sides of an argument between outgoing House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas, a California Republican, and the panel's ranking Democrat, Charles Rangel of Harlem (two very different and very vivid characters). Foley regaled us with hilarious stories, about such things as the bizarre celebrity world of Rep. Sonny Bono, since killed in a skiing accident. Picture Cher dropping by the home of her ex-husband with new love...
...start off as a fresh little hood thing,” and by the time each trend “reaches Hollywood it’s over.”Taking aim at the white media is hardly a new theme for hip-hop; countless records (rightly) decry the fame and money Elvis Presley—and countless other entertainers—have gained from their recontextualization of African-American art forms. Trailblazers in many respects, Public Enemy first drew rap attention to the racism and greed of Hollywood back in 1990 with their song “Burn, Hollywood...
...plastered in no time) George looks longingly at Meredith (down your drink when she sleeps with him) Dr. Bailey is referred to as a “Nazi” Christina must empathize with a patient Kyle Chandler (of “Early Edition” fame) shows up as part of the bomb squad Izzie and Alex fight (two shots when they get it on at the hospital) Dr. McSteamy enters the hospital (on second thought hold that sip and just take in the Adonis-like beauty of Eric Dane) Characters discuss “McDreamy?...
...answer brought her score down to $0, but she says her Facebook friend requests skyrocketed after her 60 minutes of fame...