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...mind," she explains.) Her spiky plays often take place in a strange nowheresville and feature Greek-style choruses or Brechtian song interludes. For one play, F------ A (Parks doesn't use the dashes), she invented a new language that some characters use when they talk about sex. In Venus, her epic on the life of the Hottentot Venus, a 19th century African woman displayed as a freak because of her huge buttocks, one scene runs through the intermission. "I try to tell the story I'm hearing in my head, by any means necessary," she says. "And sometimes it comes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moving Marginal Characters to Center Stage | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

culprits. Two weeks ago, the Dallas Stars rolled into town to play the Lightning. Two players decided to visit Tampa's most famous club, Mons Venus, and ended up being arrested during a police raid. Officials for the Tampa Police Department have already stated their intentions of enforcing the lap dance prohibition...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tenacious D: Tampa's Super Distractions | 1/23/2001 | See Source »

...going to confirm or deny any rumors that I once visited Mons Venus as a high school senior, but let's just say that regardless of the enforcement of the "six-foot rule," there will still be a strong chance that Ravens and Giants players will be curious to find out. What's more, this curiosity can be quenched not only at Mons Venus, but at any of Tampa's strip clubs...

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Tenacious D: Tampa's Super Distractions | 1/23/2001 | See Source »

...careerist (Vicki Lewis), a pretty ditz (A.J. Langer) and a maternal yuppie (Katherine LaNasa). The Chekovian title and the creators' resumes (Roseanne, Murphy Brown) can't hide the cliches as the show daringly reveals that women obsess over carbs and tangle with clueless guys. Be it from Mars or Venus, let's hope that Sisters is not long for Earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Three Sisters | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...Apple Venus Vol. 2" Although not quite on a par with the glory days of "Skylarking" or "Black Sea," the more rocking bookend to "Vol. 1" still stood out from the crowd with its riff-happy guitar-driven tunes and Andy Partridge's exceptional lyrical prowess. "Playground" is a textbook example of smart pop songwriting, which in the age of Britney Spears is increasingly becoming an oxymoron...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sampler's Favorite Music of 2000 | 1/12/2001 | See Source »

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