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Breaking the mold of Jerry Springer-like talk shows, “Talk or Walk” balances its drama with conflict resolution. A couple comes to the show after encountering an impasse in their relationship. After the audience offers advice to the couple, they vote on whether the aggrieved member of the relationship should Talk or Walk. Last week, Katie brought her “zombie-vampire-gothic” boyfriend Jeff onto the show with an ultimatum: kinkify their sex life—or else. Jeff, who prefers “old-school missionary position...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: O Cable, Where Art Thou? | 2/7/2002 | See Source »

...many sitcoms about aimless twenty-somethings who drink suspicious amounts of coffee. But something weird happens when the distinguishing characteristic of the successes--currently HBO's lineup of The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under and Curb Your Enthusiasm--is that they break the mold. What you get is a lot of shows copying not-copying: The Bernie Mac Show, 24, Malcolm in the Middle, Undeclared. You get Innovative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Julia's New Domain | 1/14/2002 | See Source »

...many sitcoms about aimless twenty-somethings who drink suspicious amounts of coffee. But something weird happens when the distinguishing characteristic of the successes - currently HBO's lineup of The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under and Curb Your Enthusiasm - is that they break the mold. What you get is a lot of shows copying not-copying: The Bernie Mac Show, 24, Malcolm in the Middle, Undeclared. You get Innovative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Julia's New Domain | 1/7/2002 | See Source »

...centered on conceptions of sports that focus on the aspects of fair play and gallantry. These are laudable ideals, to be sure, but they neglect other important aspects of athletics. Crucial components, like the perfection athletes seek in training and their deserved contentment with the competitive machines they mold themselves into. There is also the view of sports as a competitive clash of personalities as well as bodies, of will matched against will. Athletes are personalities, and the best of them bleed these personalities with every movement they make on the field. When sports are played at their highest level...

Author: By Martin S. Bell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jingle Bell Rock: Seeking Eloquent Egotism | 12/12/2001 | See Source »

...laid. Throughout history, young men who happen to be virgins have been derided as unmasculine and abnormal. Nowadays, however, with the very present danger of STDs, men may risk annoying, painful and even fatal diseases in their attempt to fit into society’s mold...

Author: By Jasmine J. Mahmoud, | Title: Pernicious Pastime | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

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