Word: garishness
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Batali and I were talking at a bar in Chicago. He was in town for the housewares show, where his display featured a garish, full-scale plastic replica of an Italian farmhouse. As we spoke, a hefty guy, beer in hand, walked over to our table. He introduced himself as a "firefighter here in Chicago" and said he wanted to shake Batali's hand. The firefighter's wife then came over--the first of an endless stream of fans who would approach Batali over the weekend. Cards were pressed into his hand; pictures were taken; autographs were requested on books...
...Winnipeg-based director Gary Yates (2004's Seven Times Lucky) is a comedy, albeit of the dark kind. And it works a bit in the same way that Niagara Falls succeeds as a tourist destination: it's wonderful if you can focus on the main attraction while disregarding the garish environment around...
...urban bard shuffles through a series of post-industrial pop-up books, from automotive rustoramas to garish circuses, unleashing his barbed tongue on esoterica like Dead Kennedys song titles and spaghetti westerns...
...cosmopolitan bistro fare?think steaks, sushi, tandoori dishes and Thai curries?while gazing on the luxury yachts and fishing boats bobbing in the water below. And while a good deal of the original fittings have been left intact, in Top Deck's flattering candlelight they appear chic instead of garish. In short, one of Hong Kong's best known tourist attractions finally has the standards of food and service it has long deserved...
...cosmopolitan bistro fare - think steaks, sushi, tandoori dishes and Thai curries - while gazing on the luxury yachts and fishing boats bobbing in the water below. And while a good deal of the original fittings have been left intact, in Top Deck's flattering candlelight they appear chic instead of garish. In short, one of Hong Kong's best known tourist attractions finally has the standards of food and service it has long deserved...