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...thoroughly enjoyed Hunter Thompson's story about his adventures driving up the California coast [SHOW BUSINESS, Nov. 10], even though he trashed my profession of astrology. What emerges in the piece is how the tenderness and love of a woman can tame the heart of even the most vulgar, nihilistic and wounded man as he realizes he's past his prime. Perhaps a competent spiritual astrologer could have validated Thompson's complex pathology 30 years ago. ROBERT P. BLASCHKE Nehalem...
Felix, who leads a tame existence churning out book after book about "frustrated middle-class lives," is unprepared to suddenly receive some vaguely threatening communications from Gavin, a shadowy character who introduces him to Miriam. Mirry avers that Felix fathered her son Ian a decade ago, and Felix, hard-pressed to disprove her case, is summarily presented with a bill for 20,000 pounds for Ian's keep from the Parental Rights and Obligations Department...
SEVERAL MARKET strategists described Monday's sell-off as an emotional overreaction that had little basis in economic fundamentals. Goldman Sachs strategist Abbey Cohen told her sales force the plunge was a "market event, not an economic event." U.S. corporate earnings are still strong, inflation is tame, and interest rates are under control, she said...
Coming soon to the Family Channel: the MTV awards. Well, not quite. But if one overlooked the obligatory profane words and Marilyn Manson's buttocks, the ceremony last week was remarkably tame for an event that was supposed to celebrate rock 'n' roll. The show was even moving at times, with several performers offering tributes to those who had died, including Notorious B.I.G. and Princess Diana. The SPICE GIRLS, not known for their emotional depth, added a sober note to their saucy little outfits by donning black armbands when they performed. And, sure, BUSTA RHYMES wore a dress...
...third-grade geography lesson, and maybe even find them a little dull. But cuteness short-circuits the whole process of learning and discovery. When we turn the Martian terrain into a comic strip, when we reduce a tragic hero to an action figure, we are making things seem tame and familiar before we even know what they are. We are insisting, in our pathetic provincialism, that there is nothing out there--either in the mythic past or the distant reaches of space--that can't be labeled, depicted and potentially marketed by the late 20th century American entertainment culture...