Word: tastelessness
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Vodka is the largest selling alcoholic drink in America, mostly because it is neutral and can therefore be mixed with anything. As Vitale says, it is an ideal way to “get your buzz.” Vodka should be odorless, colorless and tasteless. Pretty much all vodka of any price is the same, so when you see a bottle of Grey Goose with the price way jacked up above, say, Gordon’s, it’s only because of marketing. “Vodka is vodka!” says Vitale. And it has been...
...this is the first case of this kind to come before an appellate court, the Supreme Court set a tasteless precedent for evading the moral and legal canons that forbid executing the insane. The number of mentally deranged convicts that can now be killed will be limited only by the effectiveness of the drugs that they can be made to take against their will. The very thought of promoting the use of the fruits of medical research for the facilitation and legitimization the destruction of life—besides being an utterly illogical proposition—should revolt even...
...exception is UPN's The Mullets (Tuesdays, 9:30 p.m. E.T.), a tastily tasteless sitcom about Dwayne and Denny Mullet, whose last name--and pretty much their entire character development--comes from their "business in the front, party in the back" haircuts. The season's least likely Peabody Award candidate, it's a good-natured celebration of American cheese--wrestling, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Girls Gone Wild videos--that pits Dwayne and Denny against their stepdad, a self-important, wealthy game-show host (John O'Hurley, who was the self-important, wealthy J. Peterman on Seinfeld). Co-creator Josh Weinstein says...
...This year's show, however, was pretty soundly entertainment-free, ranging from the dutifully tasteful (tributes to John Ritter, Bob Hope and sundry others) to the weirdly tasteless (an old-age joke, directed at Doris Roberts, from Damon Wayans, who will be lucky if anyone is watching him on TV five years from now, let alone fifty). That's where I draw the line: you can give out statuettes to Edie Falco until the end of time, but you'd better make me laugh on the way there. Herewith, a few suggestions for next time...
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi speaks freely and carries a big stick. He has revolutionized Italy's perennially gray politics but drawn fire for his vast media holdings as well as for gaffes like a tasteless Nazi gibe directed at a German colleague and a knock on German tourists by one of his deputies. TIME's Jeff Israely talked with him on the eve of his visit with President Bush...