Word: glittering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Gore's campaign departs Washington this week for Nashville, Tenn., leaving the power suits for the city where glitter and cowboy boots are always in style. Shrewd politics. Here's what the campaign gains from the move from 2131 K Street, Washington, to 1800 Church Street, Nashville...
...Midsummer Night's Dream takes place in a downtown club where the audience stands while the performers mingle, gyrate, sing '70s hits and enact something vaguely resembling a play by William Shakespeare. The guys are played by girls in wigs and mustaches; the fairies by guys in loincloths and glitter; and Bottom is a pair of street dudes who together are transformed into the show's title ass. Shakespeare must be spinning, but the retro high spirits are hard to resist...
...diaphanous gown Marilyn Monroe donned for J.F.K.'s birthday, Russo's outfit is a sheer delight. "The costume designer just brought it in one day, folded up to the size of a handkerchief," recalls Russo, who gazed through the gossamer and asked, "Why don't you just paint some glitter on my body instead?" After a few test shots, she shrieked, "Oh, my God, you can see my entire a__!" Sensitive to her insecurities, director John McTiernan cleared the set, eliciting grumbles from crew members eager to see Russo strut her stuff with co-star Pierce Brosnan...
...have incorporated sophisticated remixing and other mixology, Murdoch sings, "Play a game with your electronics, take a step to the discotheque...Hand in hand with the Electronic Renaissance is the way to go, you're learning, soon you will do the things you wanted since you were wearing glitter badges." The chorus sounds a critique of both musical and artistic minimalism, cold and synthetic: "Monochrome in the 1990s, you go disco and I'll go my way." Yet with Murdoch born in 1968, David in '69 and other members with birth dates scattered through the early '70s, one wonders whether...
BARBIE STRIKES AGAIN As if there weren't enough Barbie paraphernalia already, HP's Apollo division has unveiled the first Barbie-theme printer, the P-1220, in "mist gray with glitter pink accents." When released in July, it will come with Barbie Magic Hair Styler software and heart- and flower-shaped decals. Unfortunately, the $80 printer is not much more than a pretty face. It prints a sluggish 1.5 pages per minute in color, or 3.5 pages in black-and-white. At least kids will have something cute to look at while they wait...