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...immediate environs, it took only a few moments of residency elsewhere to make me realize that our capital city is a blight and a leech on the rest of the country. The politicians there--as well as the bureaucrats, the lobbyists and, of course, the media--live in a smug and isolated cocoon of privilege and perks, oblivious to the needs and common-sense wisdom of those of us who do the real work of this great nation: meeting payrolls, raising families, giving to charity and shooting the occasional spotted owl--all activities that were completely unknown...
...state--a real state, I might note--I feel a justified sense of moral superiority surging through my veins. Just by packing up and moving across the country I have become a better person, a clearer-eyed political visionary, a more patriotic American. And, of course, less smug. What's more, I have been transformed from victimizer to victim. I'm newly empowered to whine and complain about high taxes (though now my taxes are, in fact, lower) and about wasteful government spending of my hard-earned dollars (though, in fact, what with federally subsidized public works, utilities and national...
...MILK? CAMPAIGN Unlike the print ads that force attractive celebrities to don unsightly white mustaches, the series of television spots promoting the joys of milk consumption are gems of sketch comedy. The best has a smug yuppie hit by a truck and beamed to another world replete with yummy cookies and a beckoning refrigerator stocked with milk. Heaven? Nope, all the containers are empty. Hell...
...least some of the millions of Americans who have already bought DeAngelis' latest book, Secrets About Men Every Woman Should Know, must now be looking at their partners with smug glances, confident that they have figured out the mysteries of male machismo. It is this false sense of knowledge, based not on experience but on easy answers and ready-made explanations offered by escapist non-fiction, that can truly be damaging. Logically, it would seem that problems would be better solved looking at each relationship rather than trying to fit our jigsaw pieces into someone else's puzzle...
...something of a prisoner, heaven knows, of the sweetness she personified so memorably in Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music. A musical about transvestites and mobsters, set in gay Paree, might seem quite a departure. But in the end there's something excessively sweet--something earnestly preachy and smug--in Victor/Victoria's pleas for tolerance. Edwards' brainchild may flirt with naughtiness, but it really wants to be nice, which gives Andrews a chance again to play Julie Andrews. For Mary Poppins has always known how to treat naughty-but-nice children: be gentle, but make it clear...