Word: joy
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Stars and Stripes with no overt political intent. But however faddish the flag fashions are, they implicitly contain a put-on or a flare of adolescent rebellion. "Desecrating the flag is just fun," explains Beth Spencer, 21, of Berkeley. "It's burned, torn or worn for the sheer joy of doing something naughty and getting away with it." Says Carl Boockholdt, a boutique operator in Indianapolis: "It could be a parody type of feeling, to signify that the red, white and blue shouldn't be such a heavy symbol as it's been." Richard Spiegel, a member of the Boston...
...every triumph. The victory provided the Brazilians with a chance to resort to their natural safety valve: the Carnaval. This spontaneous outburst, as Brazilian psychologists have observed, gives the torn and fragmented nation an opportunity to coalesce in a common cause and experience a common joy...
...young film makers (Ryan Listman and Frank Cavestani), seeking money to make a movie about Lenny Bruce, agree to make a quickie pornographic movie for $10,000. They hurl themselves into the project with such enthusiasm that one of their girl friends (Joy Wener) becomes unnerved. After an orgiastic night of filming in a loft decorated with silks and exotic lighting effects, Ryan has a bitter fight with Joy. She accuses him of enjoying the pornography; he claims that she "puts him uptight." He finally walks out, and she is left to weep alone...
...riles Bouton most of all is the accusation that he makes everyone look bad except himself. "Good God," he says, "I'm in there most of all. I'm bare-assed naked in a swimming pool at a Hollywood party with martinis in both hands, shouting for joy. How's that for self-image...
...power may seem impotent or irrelevant beside ideas like black power, women-power, or peace. And I suppose each person has his own idea of what inputs make life richer. But it does appear that all people seek visual joy, whether they are Steins buying Matisse paintings or housewives selecting fabric at Corcoran's. Project '70 demonstrates that it is feasible to offer people such pleasures in their cities, and that therefore proves that cityscapes need not be as bleak and depressing as they typically...