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...Osama (PG...
...American culture, as in American politics, it was possible to assemble a case for two entirely different visions of the mainstream: one libertine, irreverent and p.c., the other traditional, devout and PG. It's tempting to borrow the electoral blue-state/red-state template and say there are two mainstreams, equal and opposite--but that beggars the definition of mainstream, no? The year 2003, we've heard, was when the swing voter became irrelevant. It could be that our pop culture too no longer has that swing...
...acclaimed 13 Conversations About One Thing. In the DVD’s audio commentary, she states that she intentionally inserted an inappropriate word into the film so that it would garner an R rating. The implication was that independent studios often pressure their directors to avoid the PG-13 rating, which may make art-house aficionados less willing to consider films as serious work...
Where this thing for thongs comes from is obvious: Britney, Beyonce, The Real World, even PG movies like Freaky Friday. When a 12-year-old wears a thong, "it's not about rebellion against adults," says child therapist Ron Taffel, author of The Second Family: How Adolescent Power Is Challenging the American Family (St. Martin's Press; 2001). In Taffel's view, the adult establishment has become too weak and weary to inspire rebellion. Getting thongs or tattoos or body piercings, he argues, is actually a "statement to other kids that they are part of this very, very intense, powerful...
...series in which Star cast Silverstone is unlike his HBO comedy in obvious ways (a TV-PG rating, for starters). But both are basically wish-fulfillment shows--with different body parts doing the wishing--about the desire to connect and the obstacles that modern life and career put in the way. Both are set in fantasy versions of city life--Miss Match, suitable to its tone, in a Sheryl Crow-scored Los Angeles rather than haute, edgy Manhattan. And it has Sex's astute sense of people's weirdnesses. Kate auditions a parade of lonely hearts, including a high-powered...