Word: metaphoric
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...interplay among the three Eminems works. Call it a metaphor for the fragmented consciousness of the modern American white guy or call it a gimmick--it's well constructed and seriously considered. The characters occasionally blend, but if The Eminem Show were seamless, it would be high art, not pop. Terrific production, mostly by Eminem, helps add cohesion...
...island." Don't even try to put John Donne's pretty, if by now somewhat threadbare, metaphor over on Hugh Grant's Will. Perfectly self-absorbed and perfectly content with that condition, he has pretty much convinced himself that, actually, every man is an island. Long ago, his father wrote one of those awful, seasonally ubiquitous Christmas songs, and Will has lived on the royalties ever since, never holding a job, never marrying, never doing anything with his life but shooting pool, getting his hair done and chasing babes. As islands go, he thinks he's Ibiza, where the emotional...
...more than didactic description accompanied by snapshot-like panels. Unlike last year's masterful "Golem's Mighty Swing," (see the TIME.comix review), about a Jewish baseball team, one never feels the author has any great love or knowledge of the sport he portrays. Perhaps the world's oldest sports metaphor, boxing as a racial/political crucible has been done much better...
...been painfully reminded that the clash of cultures can be horrific. Hindus and Muslims slaughtering one another on the subcontinent. Jews and Palestinians locked in a death grip on the Levant. Extremist Muslims declaring jihad on America and destroying cherished symbols of that country's might. The hackneyed metaphor, deployed in countless books about the sport, is that football is war. But now that we have again seen the very real violence and despair of battle, we have to affirm that no, football is not war. Rather, it is a game of uncommon, life-affirming beauty. When Christian Vieri takes...
...metaphor for old-economy companies is a symphony with musicians who never deviate from the parts their conductor assigns, then today's successful corporation is more like a jazz ensemble: from the CEO down, everyone needs to learn to improvise and play off one another. That's the lesson of Jazz Impact, a business-improvement seminar created by Minneapolis, Minn., bassist Michael Gold for clients that include General Mills and Starbucks. "In jazz improv there is a specific tune that we use as the common ground, yet someone can present a unique version of the tune," says Gold. "This type...