Word: standin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those who have wondered why President Rudenstine (or his standin) would agree to spend Commencement Day perched in the world's most torturous-looking chair, the Sackler's new show, American Art at Harvard: Cultures and Contexts, provides no answers. It does, however, remind us that Harvard's museums are more than a place to temporarily dispose of loved ones when Parent's Weekend begins to pall. The exhibit raises a labyrinth of confounding problems that transcend the hothouse world of museums to intrude on our faith in the definition of American culture...
...shows are what used to be described as lowest-common-denominator programming: cuddly, heartwarming, undemanding. They usually focus on wholesome families with incurably cute tots and problems that are solved in a few swift strokes just before the closing credits. Their interchangeable theme songs reinforce the upbeat message. "Standin' tall on the wings of my dream," goes the ditty for Perfect Strangers, while Going Places celebrates the "wide open spaces for my dreams," and Family Matters opens jauntily: "All I see is a tower of dreams/ Real love bursting out of every seam...