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...something actors on prime time television sitcoms now unabashedly discuss their sexual relationships before their young audiences in the way that the children on "The Cosby Show" once took pleasure in speaking of simpler, more innocent relationships. Along with so much else that has fallen prey to "progressivism," there are indications that chastity, not unlike its cousin chivalry, is passe...

Author: By Justin C. Danilewitz, | Title: It Goeth The Way of Chivalry | 12/15/1997 | See Source »

Once his plans are in motion, the trio moves to downtown New Orleans, an old, seductive city well-stocked with lusty prey but also rather treacherous. By Lestat's logic, Louis and Claudia will have all the joy of being immortal, and he will have some company who respects him. Who loses? So the three of them become a sort of family for one another, until...you see what I'm getting...

Author: By Nicholas K. Davis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reconciling Highbrow, Big-Budget Films | 12/12/1997 | See Source »

...simply a foolish leader's receiving his just desserts. Yet during the drag scene, as childishly funny as it is, eroticism sparks between the nervous Pentheus (who has given up all his power to resemble a woman) and the smiling Dionysos, who now has complete control over his unsuspecting prey...

Author: By Sarah A. Rodriguez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Mighty Morphin Power Maenads: | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...heap of cliches. The even greater tragedy is that the Grisham-studio team has swept up many a prominent director in its platitudes. Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa, The Firm), Alan Pakula (Sophie's Choice, The Pelican Brief), and Joel Schumacher (Falling Down, A Time to Kill) have fallen prey to the Grisham spell...

Author: By Soman S. Chainani, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: No Lightning for this 'Rainmaker' | 12/5/1997 | See Source »

...Mouse Eyes the Net Having gobbled up Times Square, the Disney Corporation stalks a bigger prey: the Internet. Disney?s new filtering search engine aims to make the Web safe for families, but will it eliminate free speech...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Front Page | 12/1/1997 | See Source »

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