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In 2002 Ben Varkentine wrote a combined review of three books then recently published on The West Wing. Calling it a serious TV show, he called for serious books to look at it. A recent book answers that call, and a new script collection takes things right back down to the basics.
THE WEST WING: THE AMERICAN PRESIDENCY AS TELEVISION DRAMA BY PETER C. ROLLINS, JOHN E. O'CONNOR, EDITORS Syracuse THE WEST WING: SEASONS 3 & 4: THE SHOOTING SCRIPTS BY AARON SORKIN Newmarket Press In its first four years of existence, Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing won virtually every award it is ...
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One of the most watched and most critically acclaimed shows on television goes under the microscope in three new books. Ben Varkentine takes an in-depth look.
INSIDE THE WEST WING BY PAUL CHALLEN ECW Press THE WEST WING: THE OFFICIAL COMPANION BY IAN JACKMAN AND PAUL RUDITIS Pocket Books THE WEST WING SCRIPT BOOK BY AARON SORKIN Newmarket Press With over 20 million viewers each week consistently lifting it into the top Nielsen ratings, it's likely that ...
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After a century whose latter half was largely defined by its images, wish fulfillment and reflection each go into the filmed representations of our presidents, both fictitious and real. This book seeks to provide a thoughtful map to those representations; Ben Varkentine puts on his Indiana Jones hat.
... of companion volume to their American Presidency As Television Drama, previously reviewed on this site. While that book focused on Aaron Sorkin's The West Wing, this series of 23 essays looks at presidents and the presidency through the wider lens of film -- and to a lesser extent television -- from ...
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Teen wunderkind Ned Vizzini gives us a "semi-autobiography," and Gail Worley puts aside past animosity to deliver a verdict.
... many years ago that it seems like an entire lifetime, I tried repeatedly to get my writing into this local rag called New York Press. As a weekly, the Press competes directly with the Village Voice, albeit with an ultra-right wing slant to everything. Based on that alone, I can't believe I ever gave ...
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What has happened? What is this? Sexy Beat as the "true" label behind it? Sex...
GIRL EATS BOY THRILLED BY VELOCITY & DISTORTION Invisible What has happened? What is this? Sexy Beat as the "true" label behind it? Sexy Beat is the "dance wing" of Invisible Records. That, however tacky as it may sound, is not far from the truth. Has Invisible Records ever allowed "musical crap" to ...
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Let's face it: we're all sinners. And nobody knows that better than Tammy Faye Starlite, who's come to preach her fire and brimstone gospel with her distintive brand of country music blasphemy. Frank Mullen repents.
... Faye Starlite. She preaches out loud, she talks dirty, and she loves country music. And she might just take that holy roller for a holy roll in the sack. But then, Brother Jimmy probably doesn't have much of a sense of humor. Tammy Faye creator, actress Tammy Lang, uses her character as a path to amuse ...
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When it comes to unmitigated admiration, it's hard to beat fans of Joss Whedon and his flagship show, Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Ben Varkentine takes a look at some of the dangers of devotion.
JOSS WHEDON: THE GENIUS BEHIND BUFFY CANDACE HAVENS BenBella Introductory note for non US-readers: This article contains a spoiler or two for Buffy's seventh season. This is shameful. Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy is so lacking in any healthy cynicism about its subject as to render itself ...
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Walter Shapiro offers a valuable tool for informing voters’ opinions of their potential Presidents, and he does it a la Butch and Sundance: The Early Years. Ben Varkentine finds his eyes opened...and maybe even a new hero. He still thinks there should have been an index, though.
... , as-told-to volumes, recent histories, autobiographies and collections of political columns currently floating around amazon.com and up and down the best-seller lists. But by chronicling the early days of campaigns that had more than two years to go at the time of writing, USA Today political columnist ...
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May 1999 :: Ink Spots :: Fifty Tons of Black Terror/Groop Dogdrill (Frank Mullen)
... RAW LIKE SUSHI by Frank Mullen It's a match made in hell: labelmates and drinking buddies Fifty Tons of Black Terror and Groop Dogdrill touring the East Coast, both supporting recently released records. I envy and pity their tour manager -- it appears to be a full-time job just keeping the bands in ...
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August 1998 :: Columns :: Adjective City ()
... so little of my imagination that I'm just going to rip off Spinal Tap and say that this is a "CRAP SANDWICH"!!!!!!!!!!! I'm not even going to print the address because I hate it so much. (JW) Jessica Bailiff Even in Silence (Krank) Jessica Bailiff has a sound that should garner her comparisons to Low ...
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