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...core fan base for those shows consisted of working-class "Bowery boys" and "Bowery gals." Arising spontaneously in the '40s in New York City, they constituted the first American youth subculture, with distinctively over-the-top styles of dress and deportment and slang. They were foul-mouthed and rambunctious, and glorified physical violence--in practically every way the hip-hop generation of their...
...make the deal viable, considerable changes would be inevitable. Indeed, most observers feel Alitalia will require a massive overhaul, including significant job eliminations. Although the left-leaning Spinetta is no fan of job cuts (and avoided them in turning Air France around), he's not likely to propose any deal until politicians in Rome clearly signal they'll let a new owner do what's necessary to halt Alitalia's descent. "Air France has already had to battle politicians and unions to survive once. It's not going to get itself into the same situation again," says Derocles...
Zack Snyder’s adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel “300” had thousands, including myself, chomping at the bit for the film’s release. As a fan of Miller’s “Sin City,” I entered the theater with lofty expectations for high-caliber action and visceral visuals. It is my sad duty to report that what could have been an achievement of epic proportions winds up as a Greek tragedy. Loosely based on the historical battle of Thermopylae, “300?...
...Monsoon Wedding,” “Vanity Fair”) had the rights to film “The Namesake,” he immediately began a campaign to be in the cast. Yet he would not have succeeded without the help of two well-placed fans of “Harold and Kumar.”“I had all my managers and agents and people who usually help me with these things call her office, and there were no phone calls returned. And then I called myself, and there were no phone calls returned...
...France, scorned by critics and ignored by the public. Outside attention, when it came in the form of a letter sent by Fabbri in 1899 praising "the aristocratic and austere" beauty of Cézanne's painting, was treated as a distraction. Cézanne refused to see his fan, and neither Fabbri nor Loeser ever got to meet their hero...