Word: suburbias
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...three paintings—by Tim Gardner, Elizabeth Peyton and Catherine Murphy. The Schorr is a literal and picturesque depiction of man in nature. The Crewdson and Hido photographs are interesting views of the domestication of landscape and the superposition of natural elements and images of suburbia...
...deplorableness are put on display for the viewing public’s pleasure and disgust. With Solondz’s latest effort Storytelling, the indie director is more concerned with responding to that reproach with his own lashes and cheeky irony, rather than building upon his incisive look at suburbia in Happiness. Instead of investing time and injecting complexity into his characters as in past works, Solondz privileges taking shots at his pundits and utilizing shock tactics to transparent ends. In his two previous films he had transcended the shocking nature of his subject matter by creating characters who confounded...
...grow up in suburbia...
...heard that he gave good candy and decided to use the “Halloween” excuse to put antennae on my head and black, construction paper spots all over my body. Whatever the motive, my band of mates and I braved uncharted suburbia territory with the distinct hopes of trick-or-treating at the home of our esteemed president, Lawrence Summers. My problem set waiting forlornly at my desk, I set out with a motley crew: the former British Prime Minister/current sex symbol Margaret Thatcher and a scantily clad Chiquita (of banana fame...
Despite its lack of graphic content, L.I.E. has been slapped with a dreaded NC-17 rating, although the highly honored American Beauty exploited a more explicit, and much less affectionate (heterosexual) May-December romance and was only dealt an R from the MPAA. Clearly, suburbia isn’t the only cave to mine for hypocrisy...