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...most outspoken advocates for The True Love Revolution (TLR) was walking past a table of four boys, and when he was beyond earshot one of them started snickering. The four then devolved into a fit of manly and obviously overcompensating laughter at the “virgin” who had just walked...
...drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis and will not kiss her son for fear of infecting him, to Mechai in Thailand, who single-handedly distributes condoms in brothels across the country to slow the progression of AIDS, making condom balloons along the way. The film solicited both tears and laughter from the audience. It also contributed to a central point made throughout the night—that the public is unable to connect to a global health crisis, such as AIDS, when death counts are merely printed in a newspaper or are reported on the evening news...
...first lady of satire and sequins, decided to buy the old train station in the Afrikaner town of Darling and transform it into a dinner theater to perform her political cabarets, the residents were a little concerned. Since 1981 Evita Bezuidenhout (pronounced Bezaydenhote) had kept the nation crying - with laughter - as she used her sharp tongue to rip to shreds the apartheid government and all those who stood by it on TV, in South African theaters and on the London stage. Ten years on, however, Evita se Perron (Evita's Platform in Afrikaans) is the cornerstone of the Darling community...
...Young Park struck a very different note as he began his presentation. “What’s up, guys? Is it OK to say ‘what’s up’ in Harvard?” he said to the audience’s laughter. Mixing analysis with self promotion, he talked about his recent attempts to break into the American music market and Hallyu’s increasingly international flavor. “One of the artists I’m releasing this year is actually black,” he said...
...friends play for clubs in places like Azerbaijan, Armenia and Vietnam. "How was it today?" I ask as Gaucho steps out of the dressing room in a white turtleneck and a brown winter coat. He rolls his deep brown eyes. Then, his handsomely chiseled features warm up in disarming laughter. "I try. I give all myself. But I can't," he says, alluding to the ordeal of European winter. "I must do it. I am a professional. But I hate it." He has worn three layers of clothing at times in order to keep warm. In his years in Eastern...