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...imitating art--a rather generous term for the 1989 movie Major League. Playing on the preposterous notion that the Indians win the pennant, the flick features such characters as Willie Mays Hayes (Wesley Snipes), Wild Thing (Charlie Sheen) and Pedro Serrano (Dennis Haysbert), a Caribbean slugger who worships an idol called Jobu. Well, center fielder Lofton has lived up to the Willie Mays part, with 77 stolen bases, 77 runs batted in and a .345 batting average in 162 games over the past two seasons. Reliever Mesa has taken on the role of Wild Thing, with 17 saves this year...
...course, the only India we are ever shown in the movie is the secluded resort-paradise jungle where Sara cavorts on the head of a sunken idol, under the gaze of her Indian nanny. Sara's memories of India are similarly one-dimensional, painting the rather confusing picture of a land where elephants and tigers lie side by side, inhaling the scents of Indian curries...
...procrastination idol: Darth Vader. It took him a whole fucking movie to finally admit that Luke is his son. Actually, it was two movies...
...friend. They remain an odd couple. Clinton has tried to be the voice of moderation, while Morris is one of the more incendiary figures in politics today. In the March issue of Campaigns and Elections magazine, Morris, who claims the late G.O.P. hit man Lee Atwater as an idol, unabashedly said his immediate goal was to "help Republicans govern successfully and become a majority party...
...have so far managed to keep their wits intact). According to Moshe Kalian, a psychiatrist at Kfar Shaul, Jerusalem Syndrome may be set off by the thrill of visiting a place previously known only as a sublime dream-"like a movie-star fan who suddenly gets to kiss his idol." Or sufferers may fall victim to the disappointment of discovering that Jerusalem is also an earthly town complete with strip malls and traffic jams. "Unwilling to accept that reality," Kalian explains, "they withdraw from it." Most have a history of mental problems...