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...Razor-sharp, gritty, and warped: that's "Reservior Dogs." Tarantino's characters are awful, slimy,, ignorant guys who throw around words like "nigger," and "bitch" at the drop of a hat, and who function according to skewed, self-dictated systems of morality. We don't liek them. Any of them. But they are real, and complex, and Tarantino manages to keep us hooked...
People don't want the razor-sharp dissections as much as general appreciation. I call the new trend the "exjock" trend, after all those former jocks showing up on television these days, jocks who refrain from biting analysis in favor of observation...
Beginning in the last week of January, the stickers have appeared on toothpaste, razor blades, soap and other facial care products according to employees...
...sports-as-entertainment" mentality, I think, is disappearing with us. Gone is "the spectacle," to be replaced by "personality." You'll hear an awful lot about Sean Wissman's Kansas upbringing in the next year and dot pictures on the editorial page, perhaps. People don't want the razor-sharp dissections as much as general appreciation. I call the new style the "ex-jock" trend...
...Succeeding Walter in 1980, Rudy deftly adapted to new technology that allowed the magazine routinely -- and in spite of breaking news and tight printing schedules -- to use color on every page. Then came the microchip age, and Rudy moved his staff from the traditional design tools -- paper, pencils and razor blades -- to the computer screen. One sign of his success was the National Magazine Award for Excellence in Design, which he won for TIME...