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...hagiographic pride been expressed with such economy. Director Spike Lee's baseball hat emblazoned with a silver X -- created to promote his forthcoming film on Malcolm X -- is grass-roots iconography of a high order. Two years ago, the ubiquitous- superhero-logo-of-choice was that of a white playboy-vigilante who dresses like a bat; now it is a real-life black pimp turned philosopher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: DESIGN | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...hagiographic pride been expressed with such economy. Director Spike Lee's baseball hat emblazoned with a silver X -- created to promote his forthcoming film on Malcolm X -- is grass-roots iconography of a high order. Two years ago, the ubiquitous- superhero-logo-of-choice was that of a white playboy-vigilante who dresses like a bat; now it is a real-life black pimp turned philosopher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991 | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...Jacksons, who proved you can never be too rich, too thin, too bleached, too naked, too . . . too Jackson to keep the gossips mum. Just sign a multimedia deal that could bring you a billion (Michael) or a record contract worth $32 million (Janet). Or pose nude in Playboy (La Toya). Or chastise your bro as "reconstructed, been abducted" in a rap song (Jermaine to Michael). Or put crotch shots and a car trashing in your music video (Michael). The worst of it is that on the side, a couple of them (Michael, Janet) make good music...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best of 1991: SHOW BUSINESS | 1/6/1992 | See Source »

...illustrated by Peter Greenaway (The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover). Not the British director's best film but certainly his most: two chockablock hours of Sir John Gielgud intoning The Tempest while surrounded by naked babes and boys. It's as if God lived in the Playboy Mansion. The true version of this coffee-table film is the accompanying book: script, photos and drawings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Voices: Dec. 2, 1991 | 12/2/1991 | See Source »

...employees that women are stupid, panting playthings," says attorney Lori Peterson. Her clients have been confronted with pornography, taunted with lewd remarks and slapped on the rear, she contends. The company describes the allegation as "a preposterous link" and says Stroh has a strong policy against sexual harassment. Meanwhile, Playboy plans to feature the Bikini Team next month...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Advertising: Battling the Bimbo Factor | 11/25/1991 | See Source »

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