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...movie version of the Shadow is based more than a little on Batman-a rich playboy with a darker side that he uses to fight crime. But Baldwin's Cranston has a bit more of an edge than Keaton's Batman. When we first meet him, he's known as "The Butcher," who has amassed a fortune in the Far East and is living a life of depravity in Tibet. Cranston is redeemed when a "holy man" forcibly takes the Westerner under his wing to teach him "how to cloud men's minds...
...consists of three different approaches to the phenomenon of the female body in visual culture. "Fleshbags" is the most ambitious part of the exhibition because it spans the historical scope of the construction of female sexuality. Displays ranging from details of Botticelli's "Venus" to Manet's "Olympia" to Playboy cartoons remind the viewer that this is not just a criticism of a contemporary issue, but rather the problematic perceptions of the female body have been deeply imbedded and indoctrinated into social standards. The responsibility of art is a central issue; female nudes once considered the norm...
...hideous imperfection of breast augmentation. The audience visualizes a reclining woman, as the breasts lie on a bed-like platform. The artists reduce the woman to the sexual organs; her breasts now signify and define female sexuality. The issue at hand slaps the audience in the face--the Playboy cartoon of the man in the museum is put into practice. The viewer, like the man, is caught constructing the image of the woman...
...strike entering its second month, both club officers and members of Local 6 of the Hotel Employees Union are bidding for public support. Recently, the club took the extraordinary step of hiring Howard Rubenstein and Associates, a high-priced public relations firm which has counted real estate mogul and playboy Donald J. Trump among its clients...
David: Haven't you seen The Lover? [the film based on a novel by Marguerite Duras about her affair at age 14 with a 27 year old Chinese playboy...