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Talk about a rude awakening. just a few weeks ago, France was riding high on the strength of its surprise win over Brazil in the World Cup. Then came the Tour de France--or, as some bicycling fans are calling it, the Tour des Drugs--which limped to a finish last week under a deepening cloud. Five cyclists and team officials have been placed under formal investigation for using or helping riders to use artificial substances to boost their performance. As the police widened their probe, a Dutch team and all four Spanish teams indignantly quit the race...
...Karen Sisco ever got hired as a marshal, and how she retains her job, is an utter mystery. She is a flippant smart-aleck who's rude to her boss as she single-mindedly pursues her own unorthodox goals on the job (sound like any of this summers other bigscreen federal agents?). Worse, her goals usually have to do with her personal life; several references to her earlier personal life suggest that Sisco uses her job as a social club...
...drawings. They have been yanked from their homes and families to conduct a miserable campaign against the Mameluke Dynasty, marching around the desert with their camels and cannons, blowing the face off an ancient sphinx when there's nothing else to do. (And you thought modern-day French were rude...
...Fact: The mayor does not "enjoy" appearing in drag. He dons female apparel whenever possible only because it is his obligation, as chief representative and symbol of a metropolis whose economy depends greatly on the entertainment industry, to entertain. To refuse to do so would be uncivil, indeed downright rude...
...aesthetic question, Is pro wrestling fun to watch? The answer is: Not really. It can evince the rude, flimflam energy of its carnival origins, but as a form of pulp culture, wrestling has far less imagination than a decent horror movie or comic book. If you're desperate for mock terror on Monday nights, stick with Buffy the Vampire Slayer...