Word: mayhemic
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...world, as in a madhouse, there are bad painters who obstreperously claim to be prophets. Gauguin was that discomfiting figure, a great artist with little modesty who made good on strident prophetic claims. He saw himself as both Christ and savage, sacrificial lamb and initiator of cultural mayhem. The whole tangle of the "primitive," so basic to early modernism, begins with Gauguin -- not in Tahiti but in Brittany, "savage and primitive," he wrote, where "the flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in my painting...
...Disney is not just kid stuff. Under its Touchstone label, Disney is making movies that often contain more than a sprinkling of sex and mayhem. "Disney is still Disney, the one ingrained in the American memory," says Robin Williams, who stars in Good Morning, Vietnam. "But it's a different Disney, doing different things. Touchstone is from the same family, but it's a new child in town. This Minnie has nipples...
...animated the company' s fantasy factory with fresh ideas. From movies to theme parks to retail products, Disney is the hottest all- around merrymaker in America. The fare is no longer just for kids: under its Touchstone label, Disney makes movies with a touch of sex and mayhem. See ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
With the help of a mini-game, Clarkson virtually did the impossible--defeat Cornell during the playoffs in the mayhem of Lynah Rink. If Clarkson could do that, then it may not be just another fluke squad...
...floors will consist of shops and restaurants. Furthermore, Developer George Klein has promised to install elaborate commercial signs on the facades. On 42nd Street, Klein and his partners at the Prudential Insurance Co. have agreed to acquire most of nine architecturally precious old theaters (many now showing sex-and-mayhem movies) and spend $9.2 million to renovate those that become nonprofit playhouses. (A new hotel and merchandise mart are also envisioned for the same stretch of 42nd Street.) Finally, Klein and company will spend $81.8 million to spruce up the surrounding sidewalks and overhaul the purgatorial Times Square subway station...