Word: notionally
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JAMES COLLINS is our newly appointed television critic. It sounds cushy, but think of all the awful programming he has to watch. O.K., so maybe Ally McBeal had a few redeeming moments. This week Collins examines the prevalent notion that TV must be bad for preschoolers. Surprisingly, he found children's experts in favor of toddlers' watching TV--in moderation. Good news for Collins, father of two girls--Elizabeth, 2, and Virginia, 11 months. "Now that I know that TV won't rot my kids' brains, I may be a little less strict about it," he says. That...
...rest of the recital. The Strauss came second and somewhat restored the audience's faith. On the other hand, programming the Strauss after the Mozart clearly indicated Chang's underlying problem: she plays the same way all the time. The triumph of the Strauss was diminished by the overwhelming notion that the piece was chosen not for its inherent musical qualities but because it coincidentally contained musical elements at which Chang excels. Had the Strauss been programmed first, the overall feel of the recital may have been more positive: the audience would not have had to look for reasons...
Strawberry Shortcake and her little cat, Custard, wouldn't put up with the preposterous and culturally confusing notion of a banana in sleepwear for one minute. In this produce showdown, 'Cake and her little feline friend give a pie in the face to the bedtime Chiquitas, who don't even have a fruity scent...
...They're putting forth the notion that California's grape fields are a Third World country, but in fact they are the best regulated in the country," he said...
...creating a "ritual" of sorts for the very culture it came out of. As McNicholas says, if people insist on deriving any message from Stomp, it should be "Do it yourself." (Using junk, household and industrial objects, by its very nature, challenges the issue of waste and challenges the notion of culture as being highbrow or detached," he says. "I.e., you don't have to buy a cello or a drum kit to make music...