Word: ornamentalism
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...cannot reach the ecstatic kinetic heights of Ka, Cirque's martial arts show, or O, its water ballet. But it does no disservice to the new production to say that it's a Beatles show every bit as much as a Cirque show. The music still enthralls; the visuals ornament it beguilingly. Champagne has come near to achieving the impossible: create a new nostalgia. A decade from now, some oldster may be weeping in the Mirage theater, remembering the night when he first saw, heard and felt Love...
...joyous is not just classic restaurants like Antoine's or Commander's Palace. It's the neighborhood places like those just up Napoleon from Tipitina's: the pan-roasted oysters at Manale's and the fried ones at Casamento's, nestled between a costume store and a building-ornament supply shop...
HOLIDAY HYPOCRISY Fox News, after calling out retailers for not using the word Christmas, got slammed for selling a "Bill O'Reilly Holiday Ornament...
...This is: A tree ornament 4% A doily 10% An internal wound-care bandage 75% A patch for your jeans...
Remele, who took design classes at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan and concentrates in the History of Art and Architecture, is full of intellectual and artistic allusions about his collection. Art Deco, Russian Constructivism, even the design of the Chrysler hood ornament, all come into play. He has fanciful names for colors: cream, thistle, champagne, dove...