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  • Bruno: Some Dare Call It Art

    By Selwyn Duke If art imitates life, then life is starting to seem an awful lot like death. This occurs to me when I think about Bruno, the latest film disgorged by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Cohen, known for doing mock interviews as the characters Ali G and Borat Sagdiyev, has always specialized in…

  • Michael Jackson and Our Modern Celebrity Culture

    By Selwyn Duke Despite all that is going on in the world, the biggest story for the past week has been the death of Michael Jackson. In fact, it's reported that his funeral, now scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 7 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, will be watched by tens of millions…

  • Movie Review: Angels and Demons

    By Selwyn Duke This weekend I saw Angels & Demons, the controversial film directed by Ron Howard and based on Dan Brown’s book by the same name. The movie is a sequel to the equally controversial The Da Vinci Code, also directed by Howard and written by Brown. The film is as fanciful as it…

  • When Small Men Cast Big Shadows

    By Selwyn Duke "When small men cast big shadows, it's a sign that the sun is about to set." — Lin Yutang When I read the above proverb, I can't help but think about our time.  Can anyone deny that we have become the land where small men cast big shadows?  Think about it.  The…

  • Confusing Beauty With the Beast

    By Selwyn Duke Today’s topic is definitely one of the more amusing things I’ve treated.   Oh, it’s not fall-down-on-the-floor-and-rupture-yourself funny, but it is deliciously, give-the-phonies-just-enough-rope-to-hang-themselves, smirk-inducing funny.    

  • Saturday Morning Cartoons

    By Selwyn Duke I bound out of bed in eager anticipation of the start of the day. No one had to tell me to set the alarm last night — it's the only time I don't mind rising early.  It's the mid 1970s, and for me it's the days of Lego blocks and Tinker Toys,…