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...curls up in an armchair, more relaxed now, to return to the troubling topics of persona and confession. “If I only thought people could get some creepy thrill from it, that would be horrendous,” she muses, stroking her cat. “There is a message of redemption. And to not get across the message of human possibility would be bad. But if it’s not a fun story, it’s not a story worth telling...
...rabid? It's not as if this case will set any particularly interesting legal precedent, and no one involved is famous, so comparisons to the O.J. Simpson murder trial fall a bit flat. Are we fascinated by Junta because we enjoy trials in general, because of the voyeuristic thrill we get from watching another person's fate hang in the balance? Certainly the breakthrough success of Court TV - and the coverage granted to other legal proceedings - indicates there is an audience for even the least exciting trials...
...cares about the thrill of the playoffs. We’ll just put Duke and whoever happens to be No. 2 in the rankings into a one-game championship. No Cinderellas. No upsets. No justice. No chance to win a title on the court. Perfect...
...magic of the moment flickered and died. "At first we all thought we wanted the fame and that," he said in 1988. "After a bit we realized that fame wasn't really what we were after at all, just the fruits of it. After the initial excitement and thrill had worn off, I, for one, became depressed. Is this all we have to look forward to in life? Being chased around by a crowd of hooting lunatics from one crappy hotel room to the next...
...magic of the moment flickered and died. "At first we all thought we wanted the fame and that," he said in 1988. "After a bit we realized that fame wasn't really what we were after at all, just the fruits of it. After the initial excitement and thrill had worn off, I, for one, became depressed. Is this all we have to look forward to in life? Being chased around by a crowd of hooting lunatics from one crappy hotel room to the next...