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...sound system clearly meant to emulate its subject and raise the dead. On the 72-ft. by 52-ft. stage in front of the film, 12 barefoot Apostles in russet rags were running away from a dwarf wielding a big, white feather and Roman soldiers dressed like Darth Vader. Across the arena, in a distracting reminder of secularity, a vast glowing sign touted the spirituous appeal of Bud Light. At the audience's feet lay crumbs from loaves passed, in keeping with the biblical parable, by dewy- eyed cast members. "Share," they intoned as they pulled the bread from inside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Greatest Story Ever Sold | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

Once inside, customers can buy a genuine Empire Strikes Back lunchbox, or a cast-metal Millenium Falcon. If shoppers finds the some of the merchandise a bit expensive, they have a wide selection of cheaper goods to choose from, including a Darth Vader mask, Star Trek squeeze bottles and Japanese animation posters...

Author: By Marion B. Gammill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Man From Atlantis Boldly Goes Where No Harvard Square Store Has Gone Before | 12/12/1992 | See Source »

...will is as imposing as the range of his art. He goes for majesty over subtlety and, often as not, finds what he's looking for. Magic-lantern images are everywhere: in the blood pouring from an altar crucifix; in the Castle Dracula chauffeur garbed as Darth Vader; in the endless supertrain of the count's cape; in the placental gel and rat's-nest cocoons that encase the vampire. But more: in the wonderfully spectral mood that does justice to the romance at Dracula's heart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Vampire With Heart . . . | 11/23/1992 | See Source »

...suit] kind of looks like Darth Vader," said kern...

Author: By June Shih, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Kendo Club Receives $10,000 | 7/14/1992 | See Source »

...experience the awe-inspiring spectacleof live dog-racing. Come on, most of Wonderland'sclientele already watches the races on closed-circuit TV. There just isn't that much toexperience. As Vader wrote, "there are no manesand tail blowing, no bright silks, no sweat nobloodlines going back centuries, no Old Kentuckyhome," Wonderland runs ads featuring abasset houndnamed Buck-O with a rocket strapped to his backbeneath the legend, "The Basic Idea BehindGreyhound Racing." They're supposed to betongue-in-cheek. But that is the basic idea behindgreyhound racing. It's too damn fast. by the timeyou've figured out which...

Author: By Joanne Nelson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Softball Team: Blazing Its Own Trail | 4/16/1992 | See Source »

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