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...usual, some of the best characters have little to do with the plot. Brian Martin does a terrific job as Tess Pattern, a wovewy journalist with a speech impediment. She and Tab Lloyd (Andrew Howard), a 15th-century Geraldo Rivera-Maury Povich type, dig away at the sleazy side of the kingdom, threatening to broadcast everyone's dirty laundry. (Political Subtext...
...best known of the hackers accused in the MOD case, Mark Abene (alias Phiber Optik), insists that he's innocent and not a gang member. This acid- tongued media darling, featured in Esquire magazine and on the Geraldo show, offers weekly computer advice on a New York City radio program. A high school dropout, Abene, 20, still lives in the city with his parents, whose home has been raided twice by the Secret Service. In 1991 he pleaded guilty to stealing service off a 900 phone-sex line, but now denies the charge...
...more interesting people we talked to was the lead guitarist for Temptress, a cross-dressing band whose members have appeared on Oprah, Sally Jessy Raphael and Geraldo. Chuck (pictured below, the brunette to the right of Captain Kirk) told us that Temptress's agent performed genetic experiments on the band as part of their contract. "One day we were on stage playing a gig," he said, "and suddenly we all turned into women...
...impossible. Candor is necessary when it really matters, and little more than a nuisance when it doesn't. At the moment, people are unsure which is which. A lie may be a defensive response to an unwarranted invasion of privacy. The oddity that Oprah and Phil and Geraldo can attract guests willing to confess anything on TV does not oblige everyone else to bare all when asked...
...various excuses. (The likely winner: "When I made that campaign promise, I had a serious substance-abuse problem, but now I'm leading my class at a nationally ranked recovery clinic.") Then a top speechwriter would embellish the confession, and a media consultant would orchestrate the requisite appearance on Geraldo. But all this high-priced talent could not alter reality -- a broken campaign promise is still a breach of trust. Lies are still lies. The trick is knowing how to recognize them...