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Though the stubborn presence of the past is all around us, Elvis is the only cultural icon to have inspired a passionate denial of the fact of extinction. Perhaps this is because his career died without Elvis himself actually expiring, and collective memory has woven into the fabric of myth the striking spectacle of a man living beyond his life. Elvis reached the peak of his fame at the age of 23 in 1958, the year Colonel Tom Parker, his business manager, encouraged the world-famous singer to enter the Army. Parker figured that in the interim, the record companies...
Though the stubborn presence of the past is all around us, Elvis is the only cultural icon to have inspired a passionate denial of the fact of extinction. Perhaps this is because his career died without Elvis himself actually expiring, and collective memory has woven into the fabric of myth the striking spectacle of a man living beyond his life. Elvis reached the peak of his fame at the age of 23 in 1958, the year Colonel Tom Parker, his business manager, encouraged the world-famous singer to enter the Army. Parker figured that in the interim, the record companies...
...Dark Knight Returns," about an older Bruce Wayne bringing Batman out of retirement, helped change the way America thought about comicbooks. By examining the dark psychology of an American icon, and presenting it in a sharp, funny parody of our over-mediated world, Miller won praise from even the most adamant of non-comics readers. His "grim 'n gritty" take on old Bats created a sub-genre in the comics press, inspiring the movie series as well. But like Lucas' follow-up to the first "Star Wars" series, Miller's return to his past success doesn't recapture the magic...
...least cool person in the room, and Level, where Reno is throwing a Friday-night fund raiser, is one of the hottest clubs in Miami. Being the No. 1 loser at a party for Janet Reno--the former U.S. Attorney General, current Florida gubernatorial candidate and perennial icon of dork style--could set my self-confidence back to junior high levels...
...Doll Takes A Fall Happily, most of us forgot about Danish pop group Aqua and its 1997 hit Barbie Girl long ago. But not Barbie's makers at Mattel. They sued, saying the song sullied Barbie's image. A U.S. judge last week ruled that, as a cultural icon, Barbie is fair game. Europe Gets Defensive So much for the moral high ground. Despite European opposition to the U.S. missile-defense program, European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS), Italy's Alenia Spazio and Britain's BAE signed deals to work on the project. Last Things First Russian businesses paid...