Word: trashier
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...living through one of the greatest economic and technological transformations since--well, since the early 18th century. The novel won't stay the same: it has always been exquisitely sensitive to newness, hence the name. It's about to renew itself again, into something cheaper, wilder, trashier, more democratic and more deliriously fertile than ever...
...past few years, Britney Spears may have lost her dignity, her agency, and maybe even her voice. But if nothing else, she has held on to the formula for successful pop music. “Circus” is the quintessential Britney CD, but trashier. There are the driving dance singles “Womanizer” and “Circus,” schmaltzy ballads “Out from Under” and “Blur,” and even a reflection on her continuing war with the paparazzi in “Kill...
McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories skews a little trashier but in the best possible way. It has the promiscuous atmosphere of one of those speakeasies where socialites slum with gangsters in an effort to mutually increase everybody's street cred. Atwood and Joyce Carol Oates mingle with the likes of Stephen King and Poppy Z. Brite. The results are remarkably pleasing. Atwood contributes a delicious, melancholy first-person piece about what it's like to be a young girl who turns into a yellow-eyed, red-clawed monster. Mitchell, who was short-listed for this year's Booker...
...favorite makeovers were a little less wholesome, usually taking place on trashier talk shows like “Ricki Lake,” “Montel Williams” or “Jerry Springer.” A popular theme of these racy episodes was the rebellious adolescent makeover, where parents would desperately beg Jerry or Montel to change their children’s look. Unlike the passive willingness of the good-natured Oprah mom to update her style, these teens usually expressed resistance by shouting numerous expletives with accompanying foul gestures to their parents, the host...