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Cool as Ice does serve as an excellent example of the triumph of hip-hop urban cool over middle America. It is an old story: the street kid on the bike with bad grammar is the coolest thing there is. The small-town girls fall for him, and the small-town boys idolize him and imitate his haircut. And not only does he vanquish their Seventies rock with his rap, he also captures the crooks when the WASPs fail...
Sure, the emotional warfare appeals to our voyeurism, but it also reminds us about us. We're all afraid of rejection, yet starved for affection. We all take part in the battle of the sexes, the survival of the fittest (prettiest, coolest, sexiest, nicest, blondest), the politics of the morning after. We all like to talk about our social lives, our love lives, our sex lives...
...They look like a cross between a dime-store thong and a ripped-up, stripped- down running shoe. Once the uncelebrated darling of Western college students, they are the coolest thing under your feet since Air Jordans and can cost nearly as much...
Meanwhile, the man in the center of the hurricane seemed to be the coolest % customer in town. A conservative Republican who exercises regularly and shuns alcohol, Gates lives in a downtown condominium with his second wife Sima. Supporters describe him as a disciplined and sensitive professional, fiercely protective of his men. His detractors call him an opportunistic cowboy who makes provocative statements to grab attention. He has, for example, called Hispanic officers "lazy," described a blond television newscaster as an "Aryan broad" and branded his own son -- whom he disowned after the youth spent a year in jail for robbery...
Wynton Marsalis: Think of One (Columbia, 1983). The award-winning album of a trumpeter who was jazz's hope of the decade, as well as its hottest, coolest talent...