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Instead of students quoting Che, we have the faux-Che t-shirts of Students for Larry...
...forced to operate on the fly gave birth to some wonderfully ludicrous ideas, inappropriate for a longer piece of work, but just right for the prescribed length. In “Withering Heights,” the tragic career of famed Esperanto actor Judge Withers is explored on the faux-A&E Biography show “This Modern World...
...freight is higher than the value of the goods. He travels to China on trips every six weeks, bumping shoulders with buyers from national homeware chains, multinational merchandisers and a multitude of hungry importers. "As a wholesaler I have to give my guys value," he says, surrounded by faux entombed warriors, meter-high bird cages and multi-colored plastic pots. "There's a constant pressure on me to find goods that they can sell for a 100% margin. Chinese labor is starting to become too expensive in this industry. You'll find they will soon move up the scale into...
...distinguish French fungi from Chinese without a taste test. Although French regulations call for a truffle's origins to be clearly marked, truffle experts say many vendors either ignore the rules or engage in outright mislabeling. France's fraud-control directorate carries out random DNA testing to flush out faux-truffle dealers. Anyone caught intending to deceive the consumer with a Chinese truffle may be fined $1,300. Still, there are few inspectors and many truffles. "If the consumer is properly informed that they are eating a Chinese truffle, there is no problem," says Michel Courvoisier, director of the French...
...original British version, which ran for only 12 episodes and a feature-length special, was a faux-reality series following the daily life of a prim paper mill in Slough, England. Viewers expecting a by-the-numbers experience were pleasantly surprised—shocked, even—to find themselves laughing hysterically at the jaw-dropping antics of David Brent (played by co-creator Ricky Gervais), the regional manager who spends his time obliviously horrifying everyone around...