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...Tall Ships came to Boston this July amidst hype and fanfare. And one Russian tall ship sailed away with a bit of Michael Berry magic on board...
...Tall Ships came to Boston this July amidst hype and fanfare. And one Russian tall ship sailed away with a bit of Michael Berry magic on board...
Several years ago, the District of Columbia was deciding on a new motto to put on its license plates, and one of the ideas suggested was "Washington, D.C.: don't Believe the Hype." After dutifully fulfilling my obligation as a government concentrator to spend at least one summer within several miles of the White House and wear a power tie every day to work, I would sooner do all of the reading for my classes this fall than live in that would-be state...
Though it avoids pessimism, the book ends by questioning the possibility of escaping from the celebrity world with one's integrity intact. When Brock decides to quit the pop-star scene and publicly admits that it was all a big hype, Mel turns his retirement into the biggest hype of all, putting Brock's retirement speech into a music video. "The integrity of that...it's why they love him," Mel says to Brock about his fans. "And we've also lined up a TV special, "The Big Hype'...all about how the act was manufactured. Honest television. Television that...
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