Word: rigeur
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...long worn off, and has indeed entered the lexicon of pop culture as a metaphor for “tough guy.” The fabled musculature, while still incredible on a man of 54, has lost some of its vitality and much of its novelty. Bodybuilders are de rigeur on ESPN2, and Arnold’s very success in popularizing the sport has ironically decreased its uniqueness. The current roster of action stars no longer includes six-foot Aryan walls of muscle (though funny accents still abound). As James Bond, Pierce Brosnan has managed to elude age with...
...color.” However, in person OCS advisors (read: translators) explain that if a woman wants to play it safe, fairly conservative must be defined as a jacket and skirt. The interview-prep site WetFeet.com is more explicit, advising that “a skirt suit is de rigeur, and anything other than non-textured nude hose and heels is pushing the envelope of what’s acceptable.” No need to stop by Hootenanny for pleather and fishnets; apparently, in the interview world, just slipping into a pair of J. Crew flat-front trousers...
...long ago, a minimum of two Pavement albums was de rigeur for anyone who took their indie rock cred seriously. With the band’s break-up, this is perhaps no longer the case, and it remains to be seen whether Stephen Malkmus will fly his solo flag quite as high as the Pavement. In the meantime, the other smithereen of the Pavement disintegration, led by ex-Pavement guitarist Spiral Stairs (all guitarists should have names this cool) has come into its own under the moniker Preston School of Industry. Preston’s debut album, All This Sounds...
...songs by 15 bands on this album offhandedly mix genres that until recently were oil and water: pop, punk, rap and heavy metal. This practice has become as de rigeur as nipple rings for bands over the last couple years, but it's easy to forget how alien it was to audiences of the recent past. Throughout the bulk of the '90s, the perceived incompatibility of these genres was more than musical; it was subcultural. The cheerleader listened to pop, the wannabe-street kid listened to rap, the aspiring Sundance auteur with the sideways haircut listened to punk. When...
...excesses. Lavish sets, elaborate dance routines, thousands of costumes, hundreds of performers, whimsy and drama all in a extravagant package bursting with talented collaborators and tied off with a nice satiny bow. This is big-budget, Hollywood style filmmaking-a way of making movies that has become de rigeur since World War II. Kelly was not only talking about a single movie, he was anticipating a half-century of cinema...