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...would be lovely to invent an alternative reality in which Dick somehow survived to see the flourishing of his reputation: cover-story tributes in the New York Times Book Review and the New Republic; the opera made from his novel Valis; the issuing of old novels (some published for the first time) in spiffy editions; a generation of readers avid for his teeming, dystopic visions. "What Franz Kafka was to the first half of the 20th century," wrote Maus author Art Spiegelman, "Philip K. Dick is to the second half...
...husband and I love New York, primarily for the cultural opportunities—the opera, above all, but music of all kinds,” Slaughter writes in an e-mail. “We spend a great deal of time now going down to New York for weekends; that will obviously continue from Princeton...
While he was an undergraduate, Cadiff met Harold “Hal” Prince, the Broadway producer of such shows such as West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, and Phantom of the Opera...
Though no one got voted off Kopple's island, reality gave the documentary--sorry, reality mini-series!--a twist straight out of a soap opera: the night that high-powered publicist and society figure Lizzie Grubman allegedly backed her SUV into a crowd at a nightclub, reportedly after angrily calling a doorman "white trash." The case became the best automotive metaphor for class conflict on Long Island since Daisy Buchanan ran over Myrtle Wilson in The Great Gatsby. But, surprisingly, Kopple gives it only a few minutes. "One thing shouldn't take over the whole summer," she says...
...fashion industry uses those early adapters to determine what will be offered to the masses the following season. So the individualized-jeans trend is moving inexorably toward the mainstream. Meanwhile, in the mainstream, everyone is wearing--surprise!--jeans. As the two trends merge, jeans become the everyclothing--suitable for opera or shopping. "They've transcended the weekend," says Burke. And crossed the age gap: "A 50- or 60-year-old wants to wear jeans...