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Unlike some other talents, Gaye's newfound religion (he was a born-again Christian) did not come to overpower his witty sense of both sexual and social confusion. His last album showed once again that he knew what was what in the 1980s, just as he had known in the sixties and seventies. Like his Third World Rasta Man, "he lived up to his part, 'and died' with a cause in his heart"--concerned with the precarious mental health of so many in our generation...
Wood attributed it to the newfound seriousness of varsity status. "Everybody know the plays," she said. "Before you weren't sure...
...EXTENT that this newfound solidarity is the common bond of hardship, it cannot be seen as a triumph of the civil rights movement, but rather a failure of American society at large to take equality to heart. The poverty level now stands at 15 percent--the highest since 1965 when President Johnson launched the War on Poverty. Amid the relative prosperity of the early 60s, primarily Blacks were relegated to this lowest income strata. The "equalizing" twist of the 80s is that under Reagan-styled economic Darwinism. Americans are now willing to sacrifice white families as well in order...
Shapey feels that the award may have had its greatest impact in enhancing his reputation: "I'm not a household name, but the MacArthur award has made me a more common name. I'm getting greater exposure." A newfound sense of financial security has also been an aid to creativity. Says he: "There's this myth that the artist has to starve in the attic, but that's romantic nonsense. I can write just as good music on a full stomach as on an empty stomach-and maybe it's even better...
...messenger of God offers assorted services, such as whipping the naked Martin and Bertrande to make them fortile. Isolated and illiterate, the villagers blindly accept such prescriptions and live in typical medieval terrors of the hellfires that await them. New ideas are not encouraged; when Martin returns with a newfound literacy, one sage man noted "reading and writing leads to all kinds of mischief." And while Martin is revered for his outlandish stories culled during his travels, he is also rebuked for having deserted the family...