Word: symbolism
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...Here I am, having gone from stripper to porn—porn actress—and [my friends] are like ‘Why you?’.... I’m not that girl. I’m the girl next door, not the sex symbol.” Gallo guesses her “good girl” appearance and personality on screen creates an interesting tension between expectation and reality. And her sweet-looking, gross/kinky-girl casting has followed her. But exposing it all turned out to be less difficult during “Californication...
...quotations from Frank H. Lee, an Englishman living in Tokyo at the time, in order to address apparent discrepancies and familiarize viewers with the subtext within the images. For instance, a large screen painting of a rooster, lacking in significance to Lee, is explained to be a symbol of courage and strength, especially meaningful in an increasingly militaristic state. A cormorant perched on a rock, seemingly a simple depiction of nature, actually represents a tourist attraction.With 17 paintings and two artifacts, the moderately-sized exhibition attempts to emphasize its theme of tradition manipulated to serve commercial interests, though in some...
...York Times wrote articles touting the “swelling trend in cupcakes.” And even my hometown of Chicago repeatedly boasts “cupcake crawls” of the city. But negative attention has also come to these confections. Cupcakes have even become a symbol for controversy over the past few years, embodying the “the cupcake problem” of too much sugar served in middle schools, according to one professor of nutrition at New York University. While many summer Dessert Truck quests ended in failure and countless cupcake tastings resulted in comments...
...That's a lesson you can take from Intervale Green. The neighborhood was once a symbol of total urban decay - President Jimmy Carter made a famous visit to the South Bronx in 1978 when it resembled a bombed-out war zone. Life has improved considerably since, but the $39 million Intervale development still looks a bit out of place on its street. As Biberman leads a tour through freshly painted hallways, she points to the artistic tile work in the floors - sold by a New Jersey company looking to recycle leftover tiles - as well as the compact fluorescent bulbs that...
...Except Portugal. The Portuguese government was the first to suggest that Europe take in Guantanamo prisoners as a practical way to help close the hated symbol of what many Europeans see as America's post-9/11 moral failure. And little Portugal, home to just 10 million people, remains the idea's most vocal backer...