Word: famed
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...articles. It was his initial embarrassment at mere picture taking that led him to publish his photos under a pseudonym, Brassai, a Hungarian word meaning "from Brasso," his childhood village. He wanted to save his birth name, Gyula Halasz, for the paintings that he expected would secure his fame. In the end his paintings would be all but forgotten and his photographs would be famous. He would be too, forever, as Brassai...
...Brien, chief among them the spirited New Orleans hip-hop brass band Soul Rebels. Most of the acts on River of Song, however, seem content with local renown. They display a commitment that's deeper than celebrity: for them, music isn't simply a means to acquire wealth or fame; it's a method of preserving traditions and a way of life. "We, the young generation, are the glue that keeps the culture going," says Geno Delafose, a Creole Zydeco musician who appears in the series. "If we don't continue playing the music, then it's gonna be lost...
Picasso and Einstein--both on the verge of having fame thrust upon their shoulders--are young men as hopeful as they are insecure, in many ways a reflection of our very selves as we too struggle with the dawning of the second millennium. The audience can identify not only with Picasso and Einstein, but with many other quirky characters congregating at the Lapin Agile, that famous Parisian bar which Picasso and Einstein, so we are told, patronized faithfully in their youth...
...fame" that came later was merely an added bonus...
...female female impersonator, Tennille, better known as half of '70s light-pop duo Captain and Tennille (of "Love Will Keep Us Together" and "Muskrat Love" fame), is passable as Victoria but lacks the je ne sais quoi that would justify the adulation her character supposedly receives. It seems hard to believe Gay Pah-ree could not produce any drag queens more fabulous than her "Victor." The idea of play-acting as a liberating experience has been done in plays from As You Like It and before, but Tennille hardly seems as emancipated as she claims to feel. She never experiences...