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...Like some deals 4. U.S./Canada's __ Canals 7. Dig find 9. The Duma-approved __ II treaty 11. He forced a runoff in Peru 12. Clinton doesn't want one 14. A geisha may tie one on 15. Bacon bit? 17. Ambient music composer Brian 18. Name of two Pulitzer-winning papers in 2000 20. Ridge, who wants Republicans to modify or drop their abortion plank 21. Bush said he's "a better person" for meeting them 22. Author Steve, who has named JonBenet's mom as a suspect 24. Big bash 25. 1999 Frank McCourt memoir 26. Bush...
...geisha chic: Cultural imperialism is still in. T-shirts bearing random Japanese characters are hot. Sizzling hot. Especially if you have no fucking clue what they mean...
True, Madonna is a shameless, shamefulappropriator. But she still is relevant (though noone can explain why), perhaps more so now thanever before. There is no better proof of this thanher newest piece of pop culture, her contributionto Geisha-rama--her newest video from Ray ofLight, "Nothing Really Matters" (which sheperformed lamely in Geisha garb at the GrammysWednesday night...
...video is deliciously subversive. In asense, Madonna consciously sheds layers of herpostmodern act during the 4:25 minute video,daring us to piece together its clues. At thebeginning, she stands upon a raised platform infull Geisha costume (eerily enough, she resemblesMarilyn Manson with a fluorescent band of makeupacross her eyes). She holds a baby wrapped inglowing plastic. The scene seems comfortablyserene--until we realize that Geisha Madonna isn'tholding a baby. The plastic bag is empty...
Random? Of course not. Realizing it's all thepieces of a puzzle, we grasp the stunning answer.Madonna is, in all truth, a modern-day Geisha. Sheis trapped within her corridor, without the leastprivacy, but she is free to perform...