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Arts & Entertainment

Eldritch Evil Roams the Earth

by Niels Strandskov
Published October 31, 2002

This is what it sounds like when the gods die. Out of the roiling chaos of a madwoman's psychosis comes the Skriker (played by Jennifer Rand), an ancient fairy, forgotten by the descendents of the humans...

Fiddlin’ with the Funny: Joke Analysis in Comic Potential

by Nathan Hall
Published October 31, 2002

To paraphrase Woody Allen, the sure-fire quickest way to stop being funny is to explain how to be funny. Just as a magician will never write a bestseller revealing what is really up his sleeves, no comedian...

Souls of the Dead

by Max Sparber
Published October 31, 2002

Evangelical cartoonist Jack T. Chick hates Halloween. Chick, creator and publisher of the inexplicably popular Chick Tracts, is a somewhat mysterious figure. No information exists about him except a brief...

Auto-Erotic Fixation

by Niels Strandskov
Published October 31, 2002

There is no question that Hogan's Heroes was oddly cast. The half-hour television comedy about life in a Luftwaffe prison camp in World War II included four Jews in the roles of four principal German military...

Tip Your Hat to the Dead Mariachi

by Niels Strandskov
Published October 31, 2002

The scent of marigolds, candles and fresh-baked bread fills the house. In an honored spot stands an altar, consecrated to the memory of departed loved ones and covered with a variety of decorations, offerings...

Comforting yet frustrating

by Brianna Riplinger
Published October 31, 2002
Tori Amos: Scarlet's Walk (Epic)

The folk of Bart

by Max Sparber
Published October 31, 2002
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The Big Chill Out

Published October 31, 2002

T By Steven Snyder he Return of the Secaucus 7 has an intimacy that is rarely achieved in mainstream cinema. While most films sacrifice character development in favor of plot, this exploration of friendship...

The Gun Fever Is Bad

by Niels Strandskov
Published October 24, 2002

Paranoia is a funny thing. Take the National Rifle Association - please! A group of gun-owners, overwhelmingly white, male, middle-class and politically active, they have access to far more civic and physical...

SUNDAY

Published October 24, 2002

T Kakelugnar: Tile Stoves his is the sort of "what the heck?" exhibition that proves to be far more fascinating than initially expected. The American Swedish Institute is located in the former mansion...

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