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...small money. The prognostication about the collapse of our economy was made two or three years ago; it has not come about. Perhaps it was just good luck. But we feel that it has been because of the resilience of the spirit of our people, their creativity and their newfound dignity and fulfillment in freedom...
However, Baldwin's ideal did not come without its own price. The price for his newfound humanity was his friendship with his boyhood idol, Richard Wright. Perhaps the most heartbreaking essay of the lot is "Alas, Poor Richard," the chronicle of their split. In it, Baldwin describes Wright's anger over a perceived insult and gives his hero's feelings full credit. Baldwin acknowledges his own insensitivity in using Wright as a "springboard" for his own ideas, but he refuses to let his culpability shake loose his convictions. He concludes: "The war in the breast between blackness and whiteness, which...
Lucky for Lou, he's usually seen as the elusive figure in the eyes of the Velvet vortex. He wrote the songs, he set the tone, he was the first to wear pre-Ray Ban black shades. So the newfound love for the Velvet Underground has spilled over to Lou Reed, which naturally means that someone--namely the record companies--cashes...
...another example of romantic posturing. But his pitiful end seems inconsistent with the elevated claim Babenco has made throughout for fantasy. Does hanging onto our dreams make us, finally, irrelevant? Molina's final sacrifice is supposed to prove his redemption; just as his leaving home is supposed to indicate newfound maturity. Unfortunately this sort of pandering to what conventional audiences expect in a hero undermines Molina's integrity...
...drowning in his newfound wealth, the 44-year-old entrepreneur began spending, and spending, and spending. He surprised his wife and two teenage sons with a refrigerator and a color television set. He acquired an electric fan and a grandfather clock. He bought a washing machine and a sewing machine, a cassette radio and a stereo system. He purchased three bicycles and four motorbikes. He ordered a Japanese-made van equipped with air-conditioner and stereo. Before long, his small home was so crowded with material possessions that he had a new two-story house built. Even then, enough cash...