Word: hipping
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...technicians but creators have that retrospective spirit. Fully half of our cinema entries are set in the past, from a decade ago back to World War II and into the mythical mists of the Qing dynasty. Some of our top CDs are replays of Shostakovich and Django Reinhardt. The hip place for Londoners to see modern art is in a revamped old power station. The best of theater includes a Trojan War epic and something called "Hamlet." And on our fiction list, No. 4 is... "Beowulf...
...worth nothing that Hackford, while no artistic genius, is a grown-up director and Proof of Life is one of those all too rare adult films that isn't interested in being hip or catering to the MTV generation. That alone makes it a picture worthy of admiration and gives hope that there are still a few serious, no-frills commercial filmmakers out there. Proof of Life is a flawed vision, but the fact that it even has a vision still puts this sweeping adventure-epic ahead of the game...
What is amusing, disturbing and fascinating about Marcus's book is that it is Clinton's utter profanity that makes him so appealing, both today and eight years ago. To listen to Marcus, one would think that America really does want a pathological liar, a hip-gyrating panderer in the Oval Office. When we gasp at Clinton's antics, we're just being coy, since we all knew from the beginning that electing Clinton meant electing President Sex Machine, and that the consequences would be more entertaining than anything we'd had in years...
...WYCLEF JEAN, THE ECLEFTIC: 2 SIDES II A BOOK: While other hip-hoppers just lay tracks, Wyclef writes songs. No topic, from romance to the Amadou Diallo killing, is beyond his range, and no musical style, from reggae to country, is beyond his grasp. Political, comical, unpredictable - Wyclef is the most inventive male performer...
...grow up, I want the government to have the same problems it has today. I want to vote for the lesser of two evils." This simple but brilliant idea to co-opt two of the most ingenious ads of the last few years really showed Nader to be a hip guy with a sense of humor while dishing out well-directed and well-deserved criticism of the two major-party candidates...