Word: gimcracks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...above his head, letting it fly farther and farther, in ever widening circles, like a lariat. The stunt was Daltrey's trademark as lead vocalist of The Who; it is still a profitable skill onstage and in films. Tommy, The Who's rock opera, was a gimcrack parlayed into a remunerative cultural artifact. So far, the various Tommy albums and movie receipts have accounted for some $50 million, in which Daltrey retains a generous participation...
...setting sets the mood. Richard Sylbert has devised a marvelous high-rise apartment in full view of-what else?-another highrise. The rent is just as steep, but the fixtures are gimcrack, the partitions are parchment, and the terrace looks like a handy suicide perch. The acoustics are superb. Says a sleepless Mel: "Two-thirty in the morning. I can hear the subway in here better than I can hear it in the subway...