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Marat starts with the support of his countrymen, but his motives for joining and ultimately leading the Revolution are slowly twisted at de Sade's beckoning. His supporters accuse him of joining the Revolution only after having failed to gain fame in the ancien regime, he is shown to be a loser and a power-hungry wretch. In the end, Marat himself is convinced by these torturers of his own base motives. He asks himself, "Each argument was true...and now...why does everything sound so false?" as they cheer him on sarcastically: "Marat for Dictator!" And all the while...
...time's wear and tear to catch up with the overnight ravages shown in the portraits selected for this celebrity retrospective. Janis Joplin is slumped on a torn couch clutching a bottle of Southern Comfort; a slumbering Keith Richards slides off a folding chair. Others superstars appear to take fame in stride: a youthful Arnold Schwarzenegger mugs like a film noir actor of the '40s; and a yet-to-be- President Ronald Reagan calmly awaits his greatest B-movie role...
...learn the goals of those in the former school, talk to Woodward and Bernstein of "All The President's Men" fame. Inform. Provoke. Throw all the knowledge out there so that readers can eradicate evildoers and lead better lives. A bit dramatic, maybe, but many reporters and editors went enthusiastically into journalism for just those reasons...
...Instead, the name "Matt Pykolski" looms large in the men's bathroom. Further investigation finds "Matt Pykolski Wuz Heir" decorating the staircase in Sever Hall. Suspiciously, no date is featured. After numerous phone calls to the would- be artist receive no response, the case is dismissed as someone "catching fame," as grafitti connoisseurs call...
...finest example of "catching fame" so far is found in the Adams House Tunnels. But that is art, not graffiti, you might protest, and you would be right. Our reference is not to the three-year old murals on the walls, but to their more recent alterations. An unidentified artiste has used silver spray paint and a fine eye to modify some of the inscriptions so that "Hierarchy Presupposes Identity" now reads "Hierarchy Be Identity." "Be Cool" and "Power to the People 'Ya Gotta Believe" are entirely new shimmering wall-art maxims. Inquiries about the additions around Adams House have...