Word: jokey
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...exhibition. Yet on further examination we realize this is the exhibition and that the scattered objects are all carefully-crafted replicas of tools and trash. Any other artists couldn't get away with such preciousness, but we can't help but admire and buy into Fischli and Weiss' jokey yet obsessive conviction. Their installation of a museum installation turns a common '80s critique of display mechanics into a charming and irresistible...
...Ellen DeGeneres told everyone she was gay. Now it's fall and she's telling everyone she's not happy. ABC put an onscreen parental advisory on last week's episode of her show, saying it may be unsuitable for children under 14, because Ellen has a lengthy, although jokey, kiss with her co-star. DeGeneres, who feels the advisory sends a message to kids that there's something wrong with being gay, is said to be threatening to walk off the show...
...family; Dan Aykroyd's priestly sitcom Soul Man (ABC, Tuesdays, 8 p.m. E.T.); and the Angel spin-off Promised Land (CBS, Thursdays, 8 p.m. E.T.). Joining them are four newcomers, each offering a slightly more irreverent approach to religion. A pastor tries to fill his church on UPN's jokey sitcom Good News (Mondays, 9 p.m. E.T.). A winged adolescent watches over his mortal friend on ABC's kid-com Teen Angel (Fridays, 9:30 p.m. E.T.). And Fox's The Visitor (Fridays, 8 p.m. E.T.) mixes religion and sci-fi through the wanderings of a messianic alien abductee, played...
Seven (Luaka Bop/Warner Bros.), Zap Mama's new album, is actually its third release (the whimsical Daulne liked the symbolism of the number seven). It's a creative breakthrough for the group--its previous work, which was mostly a cappella, often seemed unfinished and overly jokey. For Seven, instrumentalists have been brought in to help out, as have some accomplished producers, including Michael Franti of the hip-hop soul group Spearhead...
...jokey new commercials for ESPN, BILL BRADLEY tries to convince some skeptical interviewers that he has the qualifications to work for the cable channel. But they simply shake their heads dubiously at his Rhodes Scholarship, Olympic gold medal, two N.B.A. championships, three books and 18 years as a U.S. Senator. Over at CBS, they're apparently not so picky. Bradley has been named a contributor for the news division. It's something of a backdoor move for the man whose first job in the 1960s was as a radio reporter for CBS in St. Louis, Missouri, and who sent back...