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...overtly political, they were insistently social. Some of the strongest works examined the working-class, the out-of-work, the criminally forlorn. The Brazilian City of God, directed by Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, is a ferocious fresco of Rio slum kids who grow up to be vicious gangsters, if they don't die first. The movie's style is as hyper as the coked-up kids, but City of God manages to hold dozens of horrifying stories in some kind of coherence with its unflinching powers of observation. Another cautionary teen tale, Sweet Sixteen, directed...
...close his mouth--say konichiwa to Domo-kun! He began life as an innocent, bumbling monster in a series of ads for a Japanese TV network, but Domo-kun has transcended those humble origins to become a cult icon among American hipsters. What's the appeal? With his vicious fangs and sad button eyes, Domo-kun is tough, yet vulnerable. Kind of like Harrison Ford, if Harrison Ford were a small, feral Teletubby. So far, Domo-kun dolls are a prized rarity Stateside, but you can catch his TV spots online at drew.corrupt.net/domo.html --By Lev Grossman
...close his mouth-say konichiwa to Domo-kun! He began life as an innocent, bumbling monster in a series of ads for a Japanese TV network, but Domo-kun has transcended those humble origins to become a cult icon in Japan and America. What's the appeal? With his vicious fangs and sad button eyes, Domo-kun is tough, yet vulnerable. Kind of like Harrison Ford, if Harrison Ford were a small, feral Teletubby. Domo-kun dolls are growing in popular-ity in Japan and there have been several Domo-kun sightings in the U.S. You can catch the creature...
...acquiescences are restricted to "I enjoyed it" or "That was the most humiliating thing I've ever done." Her arguments with long-suffering husband Gerry are crudely drawn, seeming artificial and superficial. Worst of all is the cliché of the Jewish businessman Manny - a grotesque caricature of a vicious money-maker with a predilection for extramarital anal sex. Political correctness speaking? Not when Manny and his wife are so obviously "played Jewish" by Michael Lerner and Debora Weston. Much has been made in the British media of Madonna's onstage lesbian kiss with Megan Dodds' Mindy and her handling...
...Kashmiris are a people in-between, stuck in the vise of a vicious, intractable geopolitical mess, and even when they leave, their fate sometimes follows. Syed Shahnaaz Qadiri decided to move out of Kashmir four years ago. His choice was to go to another state, where the school years start and end on time and students aren't afraid to walk to class. But Qadiri is a Kashmiri Muslim. He chose a college near Ahmadabad, the main city in the western Indian state of Gujarat. Two months ago, a mob of Muslims torched a train carriage near Ahmadabad, killing...