Stories from the October 24, 2002, Print Edition
"I was asleep on the couch one day and (my dad) got a hot dog and ran it through my mouth. When I woke up he acted like he was zipping his pants." Thus ends the search for the source of Johnny Knoxville's crude humor and violently slapstick comedy. As Knoxville explained in a recent Hatchet interview, his father was his first inspiration.
It's 2 p.m. on a weekday. Where are you? Your seat in Econ. 11 has been vacant all semester. Why? Because "Passions" is on, and you just have to know what is going to happen today to the denizens of Harmony. It's your dirty little secret. "Passions" is a soap opera for the 21st century.
Mark Twain's words couldn't be more pertinent when discussing art and its preeminent detractors. "Out of Context - A View from the Hill" is the transfixing new art exhibit on display in D.C.'s Zenith Gallery. Artists Raymond Wiger and David Morgan present a tonal ultimatum to the United States Senate, offering pieces directly responding to Attorney General John Ashcroft's covering of a nude statue at the Department of Justice with a $7,000 drapery last January.
Imagine an old lounge singer strutting across stage trailing a silk scarf that conveniently covers her Adam's apple. Her large blond wig is secured by a rhinestone-covered bow. Her accompanist is furiously pounding the keyboard. She looks into the audience, brings the purple-topped microphone to her lips and opens her mouth.
Front Page 1333 New Hampshire Ave, NW Getting in: Carded at the door Dress: Business casual to barely care Cover: None "So what time do you want to go out? Eleven, 11:30?" I asked, making Thursday plans. "I have to be in bed by 12. Let's go at eight.
Ghost Ship by Matt Windman The poster for the new film Ghost Ship features a large skull rising out of a cruise liner. It was probably designed to scare pre-adolescent children (it desperately screams “I’m scary! Come see me!”). To anyone who’s actually made it through puberty though, it comes across as a tad ridiculous.
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