Month: November 2014
LOOKING A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH

LOOKING A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH

“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”  Don Vito Corleone to Johnny Fontane, The Godfather (Paramount, 1972) written by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo, from the novel by Mario Puzo, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. As visitors to this blog are aware,...

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Blur and conquer:  How Hello Kitty made pets of us all

Blur and conquer: How Hello Kitty made pets of us all

In case you didn’t notice, Hello Kitty invaded Los Angeles last month.  If you were anywhere near Little Tokyo, you could scarcely escape the impression that not only that neighborhood, but half the population of this side of Los Angeles had been initiated into the...

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The Michelle Andrade Story of My Life

The Michelle Andrade Story of My Life

There was a moment between the late 1960s and early 1970s when mainstream American mass culture seemed to heave a collective sigh of relief.  With the first major convulsions of the American civil rights movement and the trauma of recent political assassinations...

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