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Volume III, Issue 44 April 24 - May 1, 2000

News & Opinion

Anyone still wondering whether Seattle was a fluke can stop. The latest protests in Washington, D.C., taught us that something new is going on. In turn-of-the-century America, going to prison is the thing to do. Would-be immigrants turned crackheads are the most pitiable failures on the Mexican border. Also, genetically-altered food, Oprah hits the magazine stands, growing older, and more. News & Opinion contents page

Film & TV

The most compelling reason to see "Love & Basketball" is the excellent starring debut by Sanaa Lathan. "American Psycho" contains a scathing look at America in the '80s, some wickedly black comedy, and one of the best lead performances in recent memory. Julien Temple's "The Filth and the Fury" brings the Sex Pistols back to their time and place and reclaims their universality. Plus, reviews of the new World War II submarine movie, "U-571," a tarted-up melodrama from James Merchant, and more. This week in Film & TV American Psycho(1) American Psycho(2) Cotton Mary Deterrence Filth and Fury Keeping the Faith Love and Basketball(1) Love and Basketball(2) Mifune The Terrorist U-571 The Waiting Game and more... Film & TV contents page Visit the Film Vault for thousands of reviews

Music

Bruce Springsteen's recent concert in Nashville was a stirring revival, as fiery and relevant a set as any of us is likely to hear. Contemporary country artists sing songs written with the depth of a greeting card and act as if such shallowness were profound. James Toback's new movie, "Black and White," is business as usual: the story of white people fetishizing black people as illicit objects of taboo desire. Plus, Clarksdale blues on the road, hitting close to home with "High Fidelity," and more. This week in Music Karl Denson Homesick James Big Jack Johnson James Johnson Bruce Springsteen Trisha Yearwood PLUS The White Stuff Oh, the Guilt and more... Music contents page

	Arts & Leisure
	Passion Forward Women at Work Delightful Dee Dinota Still Hazy After All These Years Life Again in Oz and more... Arts & Leisure contents page

Books

Joyce Carol Oates has created a fictional biography of Marilyn Monroe in which the suffocating weight of being the world's most celebrated sex symbol is palpable. The real world is the exclusive focus of essayist Sarah Vowell's work and it is as passionate, creative, clever and enjoyable as anything anyone could ever make up. Back when baseball was a radio event, Red Smith captured the soul of America's pastime like no other baseball writer. Also, a guide to understanding Catholicism, Saul Bellow's novelized portrait of Allan Bloom, a new mystery from New Mexico, and more. Books contents page

	Comics
	Come down from your Staggering Heights and get to the Red Meat of the matter with this swell set of cartoons that also includes K. Rat and Random Shots. Comics contents page Visit the official Red Meat site

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