The Diva
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The Diva, Culture Vulture,Michael Moore and Baroque
For 20 years, no one reinvented the music and look better than her. As Madonna begins her 2004 concert tour, we look at past avatars.
2001 The Drowned World tour threw fat club grooves in the mix. And looks to match the global influences.
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Culture Vulture
The Origin Of Species Charles Darwin
Why read Groundbreaking bestselling science masterpiece (1859) by former obsessive beetle collector. Demolished theory of divine six-day creation of Earth.
Used to justify Communism, Capitalism, Socialism, Nazism
Most memorable reaction Darwin’s friend and fellow naturalist T.H. Huxley: "How extremely stupid of me not to have thought of that."
So you thought you knew all about
Michael Moore
Well-fed face of disgruntled America, he’s taken the War on Bush global. Want Moore?
A. Born in Flint, Michigan, a town whose destruction by General Motors was scathingly chronicled in his docu Roger & Me (1989)
B. His book, Stupid White Men, outsold David Beckham’s bio in the UK in 2003.
C. Oscars ’04 featured him being crushed by a ‘Lord of the Rings’ elephant while delivering 2003’s anti-Bush rant.
D. Awarded Golden Lion at Cannes for his controversial anti-Bush docu Fahrenheit 9/11.
E. Next film, Sicko, to look at US healthcare.
Answer D. Golden Lion is a Venice film festival award. In Cannes, it’s Palme d’Or.
what is
Baroque
Music, as by J.S. Bach, that distils the fundamental order of the universe. The illumination of figures against deep shadow as painted by Caravaggio—a florid architectural and sculptural style. The expensive, hard to dust furniture that crowds most wannabe baroque homes.
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