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...other hand, Paul's revelations didn't reveal anything probability couldn't: I'll have two children, one smart; my career will be intellectual-ish; and my libido is on an accelerating upswing. Nothing I couldn't have told you. But Paul's foresight wasn't entirely banal. He told me how to spot Murderer's Thumb--broad at the knuckle, narrow at the top. A statistically significant proportion of death row inmates have it. He also tried to justify his art by citing its genetic basis: apparently 60 percent of babies born with a simial line (when the intellect...
From its MTV-ish opening-credit sequence to its no-frills dorm-lounge set, Mad TV has an edginess that Lorne Michaels' once revolutionary show has long lacked--it is Spin to SNL's Rolling Stone. Mad TV is produced by 10 writers as opposed to SNL's 19. There is no guest host or regular musical act, and surely part of the appeal for teenagers lies in the assurance that they can tune in and never be confronted with the image of 1970s star (and eternal guest host) Chevy Chase in a mock game show or a Paul Simon...
...This British mini-series about a group of prostitutes being stalked by a serial killer worked well as a thriller but even more effectively as a grim portrait of life in an impoverished English town. Cathy Tyson (Mona Lisa) played a beautiful streetwalker with an affecting, un-Pretty-Woman-ish realism...
...glance, no one within a three-block-radius is oblivious to the seemingly incessant pounding of his bass bucket. Pimply pit rats nod their heads in cool appraisal of the rhythm; an elderly lady plugging her ears shoots Throne a contemptuous glare as the scurries by; a yuppie-ish man in a suit drops a bill into Throne's bucket without stopping to listen to a beat. But Throne is in his own world. On the rare occasions when he looks up, he's smiling a complacent half-grin. The beat goes on, and for a very good reason...
Coupland's characters aren't particularly distinct, and the author doesn't give them much to do anyway; the stories' plots are frequently similar. They have grown up somewhat (some of them even have children and failing marriages of their own). Thankfully, they mostly avoid thirtysomething-ish whining, and none of them are particularly offensive. But then, that is part of the problem...