Word: revealed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...storm over Amerika has all but demolished any chance that the mini- series, when it finally reaches the screen, will be judged on its own merits. Which is too bad, because the segments that have been completed (six hours so far) reveal a far more subtle, challenging and skillfully woven drama than the advance brouhaha would suggest. Its political implications aside, Amerika is the sort of project that network TV seldom tries and even more seldom achieves: a thought-provoking epic...
...author, a professional magician, has carefully researched his performers and their claims. All are authentic wonders, especially Max Malini, who could remain at a dinner table for hours, then lift his hat to reveal a large chunk of unmelted ice. A difficult act to follow, one would think, but Jay has scores of others just as weird and irresistible...
Fantasy, a sacred word in the fashion lexicon, scarcely covered last week's parade of giddy gambits. Some of the dresses looked conventional in front, only to reveal a naughty minicrini at the derriere, highlighted perhaps by flowers or a bow that would do credit to Fergie herself. There were several variations on the bustle, insouciant and not very subtle. One bouffant day costume featured layers of huge polka dots overlapping like the tiles on a roof. And the hats! Florid Creole cones, luscious layers of peonies topped by an upended straw boater. Befruited skimmers and lacy lampshades. Carmen Miranda...
...everything was extreme, of course. A long scarlet dress opens to reveal a white lace swimsuit. Playing games with proportion has often been done by designers. There were also lyrical bare-midriff gowns and little silk frocks that will be widely copied. One elegant fantasy had a delicate jeweled top and what looked to be an ordinary eyelet skirt, until one realized that the eyelet was sumptuous taffeta instead of the familiar cotton. Even the most flagrant creation can be tamed by omitting the hat or discarding a pound or so of accessories...
...singular achievement of Cambodian Witness, a quiet, devastating memoir of this genocide, is to reveal the faces behind the numbing statistics and, more terrifying, to show how familiar they look. The fanatics who unleashed the bloodbath were usually, it seems, the people next door...