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...more relaxed standards and smaller audiences. Still, MTV has reshaped mainstream TV before. The Real World wouldn't have made it on CBS, but it spawned Survivor. NBC may not have aired Jackass, but it eventually gave us Fear Factor. "I'm sure the networks will find a lame, copycat way to do it wrong," says producer Judd Apatow (Undeclared). "Most television is constructed by committee. And a show like this doesn't have a committee, so it can't be watered down." The networks are already considering new twists on reality series. ABC is positioning The Hamptons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Ozzy Knows Best | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

Though some SPS members characterized the poetry at the slam as “pretty lame,” it was a bona fide excuse to get their artistic juices flowing. The SPS officers, who hope to make the poetry slam an annual event, promise better food next time...

Author: By Stephanie E. Butler, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Physicist Aptly Named Bohr... | 4/11/2002 | See Source »

Given Boston’s tendency for being lame when it comes to rave regulations, it’s hard to comprehend how the Cradle of the Revolution became home to some of the top drum ’n’ bass weeklies in America. My personal theory: International DJs, coming mostly from Britain and more than likely on a promotional tour for their new mix CD, fly over to hit up New York—and cities like Boston and Philly, being only a relative stone’s throw away, present logistically viable locations to finish...

Author: By Tina Rivers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drum 'n' Bass 'n' Harvard | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

This time last year planning for University land in Allston was advancing at a snail’s pace. Neil L. Rudenstine was the lame-duck president and president-elect Lawrence H. Summers was still a passive listener making his first rounds of introduction...

Author: By David H. Gellis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Administration Ponders Three Scenarios | 3/19/2002 | See Source »

...Cannes last year, but it may yet do brisk box office around Asia. Think of it as a reworking of Madonna's The Next Best Thing, only better: this version swaps tack for tact. Hashiguchi, the Japanese director of many gay-themed films, doesn't play the camp for lame laughs but to showcase family values...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Hearts | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

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