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...Tampa Bay can survive the indignity of changing its name from the Devil Rays to exorcise the stink of failure, and Philadelphia can bounce back from the shame of losing the 1993 World Series to Canadians, there's promise for our subprime nation. Rooting for these teams represents the triumph of hope over experience--and that's as American as baseball...
...team realized the limits of their storyline. Shows driven by complex antihero protagonists thrive on anticipation, with loyal viewers tuning in each week to see when the main character’s internal conflict will finally reach its boiling point and lead to either his downfall or triumph. The problem is that once the peak of the character’s storyline is reached, much of their intrigue is lost. “The Sopranos” addressed this issue by making the culmination of Tony’s character the end of the series instead of forcing fans...
...once the joking had subsided, the head scratching began. For Ventura's triumph in Minnesota was a stunning political upset with unforeseen causes and unpredictable consequences. He was the first candidate of Ross Perot's Reform Party to win statewide office. He defeated two respected, if not beloved, career politicians--Republican Norm Coleman, mayor of St. Paul, and Democrat Hubert ("Skip") Humphrey III, state attorney general and son of the late Vice President. Ventura's slogan, "Retaliate in '98," seemed an off-key way to appeal to voters in a prosperous and well-governed state with 2.4% unemployment. Retaliate...
...most potent weapon in Ventura's triumph was his up-the-Establishment attitude, his platform quotations from such political thinkers as Jerry Garcia and Jim Morrison, his TV commercial showing him as an Action Figure doll doing battle with the Evil Special Interest Man. ("I don't want your stupid money," growls the Ventura doll.) Some may call it the Revenge of the Couch Potatoes, but Ventura's campaign galvanized younger Minnesotans. They swarmed to the polls to register and vote on Election Day--Minnesota law allows same-day registration--in such numbers that some polling places...
...Click here for further reaction from India on Adiga's triumph...