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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...oddly, a musicalized version of James Joyce's somber short story has been one of the most anticipated events of the off-Broadway season. A star-filled cast (Christopher Walken, Blair Brown, Sally Ann Howes) has perked up interest in what is either the most intriguing or the stupidest idea for a musical in years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Dead Serious | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...first feature is headed for $100 million at the domestic box office, Myrick and Sanchez have just one sure thing ahead of them: the sophomore jinx. They describe their next film, a comedy called Heart of Love, as "Mad Mad Mad World meets Monty Python meets Airplane! meets the stupidest movie you've ever seen." Could it tank? Of course--like most indie or studio films. "We know we're gonna bomb," says Sanchez. "We're gonna live with that bomb and nurture it and then watch it explode...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Blair Witch Craft | 8/16/1999 | See Source »

...York magazine wins the contest for stupidest headline of the week: "Is Israel Still Good for the Jews?" The April 27 cover story tells of a very real divide between American and Israeli Jews through the microcosm of a 50th anniversary celebration gone awry. But in the process--and just in time for next Thursday's celebration of Israeli Independence Day--journalist Craig Horowitz manages to confuse a cultural schism with political separation...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: Toward A More Perfect Union | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

...respects you when he starts shouting back." Around Microsoft, it's known as the "math camp" mentality: a lot of cocky geeks willing to wave their fingers and yell with the cute conviction that all problems have a right answer. Among Gates' favorite phrases is "That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard," and victims wear it as a badge of honor, bragging about it the way they do about getting a late-night E-mail from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SEARCH OF THE REAL BILL GATES | 1/13/1997 | See Source »

Sometimes a smart tongue is the stupidest thing to have. San Francisco Mayor WILLIE BROWN, famous for his ability to excite the media, probably thought he was just mouthing-off playfully when he told reporters from Paris that he was hoping to find French people to invest in a new quarterback because ELVIS GRBAC, a reserve for the 49ers who threw two interceptions in a loss to the Dallas Cowboys, was "an embarrassment to humankind." What he didn't know was that Grbac had said he was distracted during the game by worry over his son, who had recently undergone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 25, 1996 | 11/25/1996 | See Source »

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