Word: jeffersons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...garment bag, a la Jimmy Carter, he seems just as eager to prove that he is Just Folks. Dubbed "American Reunion -- New Beginnings, Renewed Hope," the five-day Inaugural festivities begin on Jan. 17 with the Clintons and Gores riding their tried-and-true bus caravan from Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, in Virginia to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. Inaugural organizers have invited the general public to join the motorcade...
EDDIE MURPHY IS AN UNLIKELY FRONT man for a bald satire of political action committees. But THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN has the star updating Mr. Smith Goes to Washington with heaps of '90s cynicism and '60s righteousness. Thomas Jefferson Johnson (Murphy) is no saintly Jefferson Smith from the Frank Capra classic; he is a shakedown artist improbably elected to Congress who is tempted, then troubled, by corrupting PACS and perks. A pity that director Jonathan Lynn (My Cousin Vinny) lacks the daredevil touch for a blend of 60 Minutes and Saturday Night Live. Murphy still has his supernova smile...
...Margot Hornblower Brussels: Adam Zagorin Bonn: James O. Jackson Berlin: Daniel Benjamin Central Europe: James L. Graff Moscow: John Kohan, James Carney, Ann M. Simmons Rome: John Moody Istanbul: James Wilde Jerusalem: Lisa Beyer Cairo: Dean Fischer, William Dowell Nairobi: Marguerite Michaels, Andrew Purvis Johannesburg: Scott MacLeod New Delhi: Jefferson Penberthy Beijing: Jaime A. FlorCruz Southeast Asia: Richard Hornik Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Tokyo: Edward W. Desmond, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: Gavin Scott Latin America: Laura Lopez...
Culturally, we have been bombarded with images of anti-heroes, vigilantes and glamorous villains, while traditional heroes of the American people are discredited as slave-owners (Jefferson), tools of class interests (the Founding Fathers) or "dead white males" (the philosophers on whose ideas our Constitution is based). The death of Superman is the ultimate symbol of the culture's inability to countenance the existence of even imaginary heroes who have not been defiled or humbled...
...Thomas and George (Jefferson and Washington, respectively) had listened to the propaganda, then the American Revolution would never have occurred. There would not have been a United States of America. Maybe out of sheer confusion and boundless energy I should just hop the pond and topple John Major's little government. How would Paul and Ringo like that...