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...swimming pools, beaches and so on ad infinitum. They were so complete and cruel that, in the eyes of the law, African-Americans were essentially sub-human. During World War II, Nazi prisoners of war in the United States were permitted to eat in diners and ride in train cars in which uniformed black GI’s could not. Blood supplies were segregated by race, and it was not unusual for hotels and motels to accept the pet dog of white guests, but refuse to rent a room to an African-American...
There is, however, a car-country answer to Queer Eye: the car-and-bike makeover show. Discovery Channel's American Chopper, MTV's Pimp My Ride and several others turn junkers into sleek street machines and motorcycles into works of art, and in the process tell us how people (mostly men) express and define themselves through their stuff. They're Queer Eye, the shop-class version: the Gear...
...feels the connection between wheels and independence more strongly than teenagers, which is probably why Pimp My Ride became an overnight hit for MTV. With rapper Xzibit as host, it's a kind of hip-hop Queen for a Day. It takes young drivers' beat-up jalopies and turns them into rap-video dreams, rolling Xanadus with DVD players, video-game machines and the mandatory spinning-wheel rims. The show owes everything to the materialistic side of hip-hop culture, but Xzibit says that Pimp's fantasies are at least more accessible than the million-dollar house tours...
That, of course, is the spoilsport New Yorker in me. The Michigan kid in me replies, Better not to ask. Better to enjoy the ride. Better to step back and admire your reflection in the beautiful Mirage...
Micheli, a Visual and Environmental Studies graduate whose first film, Just for the Ride, was her senior thesis, is also excited about the numerous venues the IFF has secured for showings. “It’s very cool that my film is going to be playing at the Brattle,” she says. “As a VES student, the Brattle is like this little oasis, the antidote to the multiplex...