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...Center, explore the "many meanings in today's society" of the female body by focusing on the perceptions and treatment of women's breasts. Creating the ambience of a hospital with steel gurnies and fluid bags, the artists force the audience to view the display with the Foucaultian clinical gaze that has become the bedrock of post-modern criticism. "Sharp Appetites" intelligently examines the history and contemporary situation of sexual politics with an analytical eye. Thought provoking and intelligent, the exhibition balances serious issues with biting criticism...
...nipple, as the case may be). However, a breast implant rests on the screen itself, distorting the image. A plastic casing forces the viewer to stare at the monitor in order to comprehend the video. After an initial shock, the audience becomes conscious of the nature of its gaze: the clinical yet voyeuristic setting renders it incredibly real and perverse. On the other monitor, an educational program informs the viewer of the medical aspects of breast feeding. Again, childhood and sexuality are linked, yet warped due to the sexualization and commodification of the female body...
...modern mystery formula, Prime Suspect 3 succeeds in being suspenseful and moving. The cast is terrific, from Mirren to the prime suspect himself (David Thewlis, star of the film Naked) to a poignant transvestite (Peter Capaldi) to each politician or social worker who falls under the cops' suspicious gaze. They help make Prime Suspect 3 a winner in the burgeoning genre of serial thrillers...
Senator Mitchell's hearing will be a show trial if ever there was one, and that is disturbing. I am not of the belief that the committee should demand that he proffer a catalogue of his future votes. The very suggestion that a would-be justice should gaze into his jurisprudential crystal ball and render all future verdicts is laughable. Still, the committee's critical orientation must not be abandoned, as I am afraid it will be in this case...
With a blank gaze in her eyes and a ghostly expression, Meryl Streep, who studied psychics for her role as Clara is a spiritual but uninspired clairvoyant. Glenn Close is slightly more intriguing as Ferula, Esteban's repressed older sister, whose relationships with Clara develops lesbian undertones...