Word: staringer
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Hana and Aya, both 15, loiter outside a fast-food joint in Shibuya staring at a sheet of purikura photos, instant snapshots printed on stickers taken in arcade booths. It features the two in various poses with four guys who look to be in their mid-20s. "We can't...
"Now, stop," Kamen says. How? This thing has no brakes. "Just think about stopping." Staring into the middle distance, I conjure an image of a red stop sign--and just like that, Ginger and I come to a halt.
Empty consumerism becomes the running theme of the book, typified by the series of stories about Rusty Brown, a nasty collector of pop-culture detritus. He lives in filth but owns the complete Summer of '87 Happy Meal toy series. It's the only work by Ware to clearly condemn...
However, even more troubling are the screens suspended throughout the theater, displaying slides to accompany the action on stage. The images on the screens do not serve a constant purpose—sometimes they provide a physical background and at other times they comment on the scene’s...
I took out my passport and gave it to a Pakistani guard standing within reach. I wanted to get nearer to him, but the Talibs forced me back. I explained that I was a journalist, but they kept staring at me. I told them I would stay put, in an...