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Rush gives great spiel. His radio persona, which is nearly identical to his genially blustering off-mike personality, mixes country lawyer with sideshow barker, tent evangelist with Spike Jones rhythm section. In the space of a single sentence, he will rattle newspapers into the microphone, impersonate Benjamin Hooks (Does the N.A.A.C.P. director really sound like Amos 'n' Andy's Kingfish?) and break into an impromptu chorus of Blue Moon. When Limbaugh gets revved up, he comes on like John Madden with a grudge...
Nevertheless, non-concentrators will have a hard time seeing Gates, who is teaching a graduate seminar and an Afro-Am tutorial, or the department's other high-profile catch, Spike Lee, whose class is limited to 50 with preference given to Afro-Am concentrators...
Nevertheless, non-concentrators will have a hard time seeing Gates, who is teaching a graduate seminar and an Afro-Am tutorial, or the department's other high-profile catch, Spike Lee, whose class is limited to 50 with preference given to Afro-Am concentrators...
...crybaby's greatest talent: the ability to hand out guilt, frequently entangled in the sacred American discourse on rights. If drunk drivers get into trouble, they have the right to blame their bar owners, and in most states that right is backed up by law. If black moviemaker Spike Lee fails to win first prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his Do the Right Thing, the reason is not that the judges deemed sex, lies and videotape the best movie; the reason is racism...
Five weeks after its glamorous film festival, the French Riviera town of Cannes once again becomes the scene of a major international competition. Top filmmakers from around the world -- from Argentina to Yugoslavia -- offer their work. World-class directors like Ridley Scott and Spike Lee capture the moment. Performers from Madonna to Mickey Rourke play to collective fantasies. But this time there is one crucial difference: most of the movies flash by in 15 to 90 seconds...