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...handful of readers would catch? JL: 18th-century fiction is itself very pastiche-y, there’s a lot of cut-and-paste quality to it, and there’s a lot of lampooning. It’s not meant to be arch; it’s fine if you don’t get it. If you do, maybe it’s amusing. 12.FM: If you wrote a historical paper, you would hope that people judge you by your insight. How should people judge you through this work? Is it just a romp?JL: It would...
...phone call later and you’ve dropped $50 at Pyara. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m here to announce that I have stumbled upon one of the best-kept secrets in the business of steamed pampering. It lies at the intersection of stress management, fine dining, and salon services: at a shabu-shabu restaurant a facial comes rolled up, or rather, bubbling out of, your Japanese hot pot dinner. ABOUT A HOT POTThe hot pot meal is a comfort food tradition widespread throughout Asia, though shabu-shabu specifically refers to the Japanese version. The basic rubric includes...
...tactfully name drop the show’s sponsors, particularly The Coop. Similarly, subtlety and careful delivery keep the show from making the jump from shallow to annoying. But the consciously homoerotic humor can be a turn-off in excess, as in the unnecessary number, “A Fine Bromance.” And, though the audience can handle the comedic onslaught, clever lines sometimes get lost amidst the musical commotion. Scenes in which all of the actors are dancing tend to be confused and sloppy, save for the entertaining newborn baby kickline at the end. Supported...
...creeping czarism is also a way of exploiting the undemocratic yearning for strongmen, playing on the idea that compromise is fine when the stakes are small, but when the chips are down, only a tyrant will do. Generations of Russian dissidents braved prison, execution and revolution to rid their nation of czars. And the Founding Fathers so feared czarlike power that they fashioned a government intricately checked and balanced. Hard to imagine Madison and Mason agreeing to put the really difficult problems in the hands of unelected superstaffers...
Brown, who expects the Republican billionaires to enter the race, said he's betting that voters aren't looking for a new California. Ideas, even if borrowed from an earlier time, will be fine, so long as they work. "[Voters] want a campaign based on hope but grounded in common sense," he said. "They don't need a grab bag of alluring ideas. They want realism...