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...friendly. Still very much a new medium, TV had conquered the country in the first few years of the decade: it constituted a tremendous improvement on radio, and watching “I Love Lucy” cost no ticket price—this correlated, not surprisingly, with a sharp drop in box office revenue. Hollywood responded with the jealous petulance you’d expect from any first-born child. Many studios forbade their contracted stars from appearing on television, and the networks—devoid of their own celebrities—were considered little more than a dumping...
...challenge. The show provides a snapshot of the wealthy, African-American LeVay family as it starts to head over the edge of an unseen precipice, while wittily examining class, race, gender roles, and familial relations in America. “Stick Fly” is an exercise in sharp gasps, nervous laughter, and shocked silences, culminating in a disappointingly anti-climactic ending...
...person cast works wonders with Diamond’s script. Though a bit melodramatic at times—it is relatively unbelievable that Flip had a romantic dalliance with his brother’s future wife—the writing is incredibly sharp and funny, complementing the actors’ flawless comedic timing. In a series of humorous exchanges at the beginning of the show, the characters discuss the arrival of the “melanin-challenged” Kimber at the LeVay house. When Taylor refers to Kimber as white, Flip fires back, “She?...
...Games, many luge athletes openly wondered if the track was too dangerous; Kumaritashvili's father said his son had expressed concern about his own safety. After several adjustments were made--the starts were pushed farther down the track, and a protective wall was added to the sharp final turn--competition went on as planned. In tribute to Kumaritashvili, lugers wore black stripes on their helmets. Says Shiva Keshavan, a luge athlete from India: "Nodar will always be with...
...Shabab fighters have been pouring into Mogadishu recently in anticipation of a rumored TFG offensive. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has gone further, proposing invading Somalia, occupying the southern port of Kismayu and using it to take the fight to al-Shabab. Memories of the disastrous intervention in 1993 remain sharp, so that is not a proposal that seems likely ever to gain much U.S. support. But it is a measure of the increasing anxiety that Somalia inspires that it is still on the table...