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When I was done spying on Joel, I gave him a quick rundown on what I had seen. He was fine about the book proposal. He'd been having second thoughts about it anyway. He had an explanation for the $112.76 that involved the high price of American CDs in Iceland. And he pointed out that he had not added to the snarky e-mail about our co-worker. All he did was read it. Then he told me that for the good stuff I should have spied on his home PC. That's where he does his most interesting...
...fine print. Once you wade through it, you can just...
...quite. The Producers is a lot of very good things (We love you, Mel!) but adventurous and groundbreaking are not among them. That old Broadway dazzle is fine, but musicals can also provoke us, engage us in fresh ways, push the boundaries of the form. For that you have to look beyond Broadway--where, by chance, three inventive new musicals have arrived to give us something of what Mel and Max Bialystock (Honest, we love you both...
...chief method of persuasion is to make the banal better so that people notice design more. He likes creating expensive furniture and perfume bottles just fine, but what really gets his juices going is the everyday: manhole covers, a cremation urn, disposable cigarette lighters, garbage bins, salt and pepper shakers, plastic pens. "I want American Standard to come to me to do the toilets for Home Depot," he says...
...side now; trustbuster supreme Joel Klein and prosecutorial machine David Boies both left it behind for better-paying pastures. In the hands of John Ashcroft, the case is a toothless embarrassment. Look for the Justice Department to settle as soon as possible with minimal punitive action (such as a fine that looks tough but really represents 1% of Bill Gates' net worth). The 19 states also bringing suit might last a little longer, and they might force some serious cash out of Microsoft's coffers. But even the most rabid State Attorney General will blanch at the idea of going...