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...provides an excellent counterpart to Erlich’s theatrics, taking a common sense approach to dealing with the boys that eventually brings at least Ricky down to earth. Fee shows a winning ability to sum Ricky up in a glance and deconstruct his public image, making him know his role and shut his mouth for the first time...
It’s hard to sum up why “The Real World” is such an odd gem of a show. It certainly is trite and ridiculous about 80 percent of the time (one wonders what these people are really like), but the appeal is undeniable and almost inexplicable. It might only be said like this—seeing an extension of a person’s self-analysis perhaps makes us feel less trite and ridiculous, because we don’t have to announce on camera our inner feelings. Regardless, it?...
Last Christmas, as a result of an inquiry into illegal arms trading to Angola, Jean-Christophe was jailed for three weeks. After being officially placed under investigation for influence peddling, he was freed from custody on a $700,000 bail - a sum paid by his mother, with whom he has lived since his release. In his book Mitterrand denies the charges, which were dismissed last summer on a technicality, claiming the $1.8 million that ended up in his Swiss bank account came from consulting, not illegal arms trading. And again he says that he is a victim - this time...
...process that Ackroyd and Harvey use to create their works, the affect they produce is very adequately expressed by what one young visitor to Presence wrote in the museum’s guest book: “How the hell did you guys do this?” The sum of Ackroyd and Harvey’s work is indeed far more than can be explained by its parts...
...Meanwhile, Bloomberg?s spin doctors kept busy Monday trying to downplay a years-old sexual harassment case against the billionaire businessman. (The suit was settled out of court for an undisclosed sum...