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...visit to Tokyo, President Clinton walked outside the White House for a photo op he was clearly looking forward to. Accompanied by Mickey Kantor, the tough-talking Trade Representative who later that day would be nominated to succeed Ron Brown as Secretary of Commerce, Clinton viewed a new Chrysler Neon, Ford Taurus and GM Cavalier--all equipped with right-hand steering wheels for sale in Japan. "Just four years ago," said Clinton, "if you had told me that I would see it, I'm not sure I would have believed it--right-hand-drive American models made by American workers...
...choice of locations enhances his sense of visual style. The neon-lit lobby corridor, the elevator filled with bright red lights and the rows of seats in primary colors along a downtown New York City sidewalk all complement the fast-paced script. A newspaper shop provides a wonderful locale for Lee to pit Girl 6 against a lecherous store owner...
Spike Lee never makes a boring movie. With arresting neon credits, video clips and Prince's music, even the beginning makes the audience sit up and take notice. "Girl 6" illustrates the changing tides of hope and despair of a woman who is about to fail in her dream of becoming a famous actress. Instead, she focuses all her concentration on the one thing she can control, her job as a phone sex "telecommunicator...
...plot: two stories, set in a late-night, neon Hong Kong. Or, actually, the same story, told in two variations: a cop thinks he's in love with one woman, then is drawn to another more mysterious...
...like them. And why should they? Believing that they are the true Americans, and the immigrants and Jews and blacks and gays, are trespassers, they appear to themselves in the right to reclaim their country. Cloaked in those colors, they certainly appeared legitimate, especially as opposed to the neon-signed motley crew confronting them...