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...Goliath, which was shipped to a relative's farm in Cardiff, N.Y., for burial. After a year of underground seasoning, the figure was "discovered," and Cousin Stubby's farm became a combination Lourdes and sideshow. Suckers and scholars (not always distinguishable) lined up to pay a dollar a peek...
...peek out of the curtain at the people and say something like 'Anybody seen Joe?'" he said. "Then you take a hand with a monster glove and pull your head back into the curtain...
...show holds out and leaves us to find satisfaction in catalogs of his later work--or in the recognition that we've just had a peek at a remarkably ambitious artist's struggle for self-definition. Though this may seem like a highly academic justification for spending an afternoon and the price of admission, Picasso may be one of the few artists who can make us appreciate this process almost as much as the final rewards.Photo courtesy of Museum of Fine Arts and Estate of Pablo Picasso/Artists Rights Society, New YorkPicasso's "Woman in a Chemise" shows signs...
...person you turn into." But the movie is careful not to give Chad his comeuppance, and the audience must fish for any lessons the story offers. Men are welcome to X-ray their hearts for a hint of Howard or an edge of Chad. Women can take a peek at--and, if they wish, confirm their suspicions of--that dangerous and perplexing house pest, the modern middle-class male. The camera lingers in elegantly immobile, anthropological medium shot--a distance that respects the danger of the creature it is photographing. Chad prowls and roars and claws...
...Bill Clinton felt like vetoing his on-screen portrayal in this summer's Contact, wait until he gets a peek at next year's Primary Colors. The $65 millionish feature is based on the best-selling roman a clef that portrays an ambitious Governor named Jack Stanton whose presidential campaign is rocked by bimbo eruptions and accusations of draft dodging. The movie, which director Mike Nichols finished shooting last week, stars John Travolta as Stanton, Emma Thompson as his strong-willed wife Susan and Billy Bob Thornton as a James Carville-type campaign manager...