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CYMK Q_COVERstory From Iceland to Florida World-Renowned DJ Nick Warren Brings His Sounds to Miami By Andy Zeffer Features Editor Nick Warren is no stranger to travel. Nick Warren brings his When it comes to recording his cutting-edge “down tempo dub style and world beats, he leans toward the exotic. Unusual locales where he has spent studio string laden monsters” to time in the past have included Sao Paolo, Crobar in South Beach on Budapest and Amsterdam. His most recent project took him to Reykjavik, Iceland, hence, Friday, Jan. 31. the name, Global Underground Reykjavik #024. Famous for his Global Underground mixes, Warren continues to delight techno and trance music aficionados with his exhilarating sounds. He is no stranger to touring either. He has toured in the past as Massive Attack’s DJ, and now as one of the biggest names on the International DJ circuit, he has a heavy touring schedule of his own. Just looking at the dates of his gigs is enough to make one tired: Thursday in New York, Friday in Miami, Saturday in Chicago, etc. The Express caught up with Warren, and he took time out to answer a few questions despite his grueling schedule.

Andy Zeffer: What can fans expect from your gig at Crobar? Nick Warren: After taking three months off in 2002 and not even listening to any dance records, I feel I have come back a refreshed and improved DJ. I really dig the stuff I am playing now, very musical prog/ breaks/tech stuff, with plenty of energy.

You have recorded in such exotic locales as Sao Paolo, Budapest and now Reykjavik. How does working in these diverse environments affect your music? It doesn’t really affect what I play as a DJ, but I think that going into different cultures is inspiring.

Would you recommend people check out Iceland on their next vacation? Iceland was amazing, incredible landscapes and a thriving scene where people party all week.

Who are some of your favorite artists and DJs right now? Sasha has always been my favorite DJ, and a new guy Jan Carbon is really good. I How invaluable was getting your start in am into too many producers to list, but some the music scene of Bristol in the late ’80s and Exodus Magazine Debuts new guys from Budapest called The Monks early ’90s, when so much innovation was will be a name to watch. Ulrich Schnauss taking place? from Norway is my favorite producer. I have been very lucky. Working with With Joe Phillips Cover Massive Attack and hanging out with all the By Andy Zeffer More than anything, the magazine What is your take on the whole “Star Bristol heads has kept my feet on the ground Features Editor serves to showcase young and rising talent. DJ” trend, where DJs are reaching and given me the range of influences I have. Exodus Magazine recently published its The writers, photographers and illustrators celebrity that in the past has been At the moment, some of the best music being first issue and can be found on newsstands. provide a fresh and earnest alternative that traditionally reserved for more visible made is from the drum and bass scene. The eye-catching cover features artwork by sets it aside from other gay magazines. Pages performing artists? successful illustrator Joe are filled with images of Some people like being seen as What does “Balearic” mean to those who Phillips, who also serves as attractive young men, superstars and some like being faceless. I don’t know? the magazine’s artistic and not all with the don’t care about being on the cover of Balearic is a state of mind. It is being open director. In fact, much of cookie-cutter buff images magazines, but the lifestyle is wicked. minded to different styles and ideas. Phillips’ familiar illustrations the gay public is so are displayed throughout familiar with by now. You describe Reykjavik #024 as your You have a very heavy touring schedule, a the publication, including Exodus displays an array best album to date. What makes this album different city from one day to the next. Do you an especially amusing comic of healthy images, losing stand out from past efforts? enjoy touring? strip. that old school strictly Reykjavik sums up everything I am into, I love my job. Okay the flights are a pain Published by Nicholas body-builder veneer and from down tempo dub style to string-laden in the arse but I ain’t complaining. I have the Reedy with Ross von bringing the gay club monsters and everything in between. best job in the world. Metzke serving as editor-in- readership into a new era. chief, the magazine aims to Based in San Diego, You stress the importance of melody on Any desire to record in South Florida? “connect gay generations Exodus will be distributed this CD. Elaborate on that. So many places and not enough days in and information,” Reedy quarterly this year and To much dance music last year was the week. I would love to spend some time in says. Topics covered range intends on becoming made by people who can use a computer Florida, but you have a lot of great talent there from gym alternatives, cruising the Internet, monthly next year. Readers can look forward but have no musical knowledge, so we’ve already. and health and relationship advice. to the next issue March 10. In the meantime, got loads of dull, boring tribal progressive Illustrating the generational theme, an article check out its website at xodusmag.com, and Nick Warren brings his “down tempo dub house. Melody and fun are what nights written by Charles Ham describes his first check out Joe Phillips images at style and string laden monsters” to Crobar in should include. time in a gay bar during the ’70s. joephillips.com. South Beach on Friday, Jan. 31. Q2 • www.ExpressGayNews.com • January 27, 2003

CYMK Q_THEATERprofile Christian Campbell as Jonathan in ‘tick, tick...BOOM’ The Countdowns of Christian Campbell’s Life Actor Finds Truth in ‘tick, tick...BOOM!’ By Mary Damiano Trick is the film that launched Campbell Arts & Entertainment Editor into the spotlight, especially in the gay Christian Campbell says he’s heard his community. He and co-star J. P. Pitoc were own tick tick booms. featured on the cover of Out magazine in July Although the young actor has of 1999 under the header “Gay for Pay.” experienced success in his career, he admits to Campbell believes that the hype about having the same anxieties as his character in straight actors playing gay roles is finally tick, tick...BOOM!, which is currently enjoying dying down. “With Will & Grace coming a run at Parker Playhouse before moving to out and a lot of out actors, it’s going to take West Palm Beach. the fear away from actors who are gay and In the autobiographical Jonathan Larson don’t want to play gay because they’re afraid musical, Campbell plays Jonathan, an aspiring of being stigmatized,” he says. “Hollywood Broadway composer who is about to turn 30 is your own worst enemy if you’re a gay actor. and finds himself at a crossroads in his life. It’s the gay producers who don’t want to The tick tick booms Jonathan hears in his head hire gay actors. The gay Mafia of Hollywood represent a sense of time running out. is your own worst enemy if you’re a gay “I just turned 30 this year,” Campbell says. actor.” “As an artist, I’ve gone through that same Trick was a huge breakthrough, a little sort of anxiety about my life and what I’m doing. movie that went over big. “The film did better I’ve thought, ‘I’m a bright enough guy— than anyone thought it would,” Campbell shouldn’t I just get a job and settle down?’ says. “We made the film on a shoestring I’ve been through that even in my 20s.” budget and thought it would just do the gay It might be surprising to hear doubts film festival circuit. It’s now on Blockbuster coming from Campbell. This is a guy who grew shelves. It’s a gay film on Blockbuster’s up in the business, who’s been successful on shelves. That’s a good thing. I’ve had straight stage, screen and television, and who began couples come up to me and say they loved it.” his own theater company so he’d have a Although Campbell has had success in creative outlet. But Campbell is grounded film, his first love remains the stage. When enough to know better than to take anything he first moved to Hollywood, Campbell found for granted. himself bored and frustrated with the lack of Campbell is from a show biz family. While originality of his television work, and needed he was growing up, his father taught drama a way to feed his creative soul. He acquired a and directed community theater. His mother theater and formed Blue Sphere Alliance, a ran a dinner theater. His sister is Neve Campbell, profitable theater company that presents the actress who rose to prominence in TV’s original work. Party of Five. “Many theaters are created by While Neve started out as a dancer, frustrated actors with the idea of opening a Christian Campbell started acting as a child. theater and creating work for themselves,” He acted in the series DeGrassi Junior High Campbell says. “We did that, and we realized in his native Canada and also took singing that we started making work for other people, lessons. and work that people really did want to see.” Music has figured into Campbell’s roles. Campbell believes that despite his In addition to his stage work in tick, success, there will be more tick tick booms in tick...BOOM!, he played a rock singer in the his future. “I’ll probably go through it again,” movie Thank You Good Night and an aspiring he says. “It’s a continual process of always Broadway composer in Trick. facing those fears and wondering if I’m taking “As you get older and the more roles you the right path and just kind of sticking with it get, you start to see patterns in how you’re because you know that the only thing that cast, and that tells you how people perceive feels right is following your bliss.” you,” Campbell says. “I guess I’m perceived tick, tick...BOOM! runs through Feb. as a musical person, which is ironic because 2 at Parker Playhouse in Fort I’m really not.” Lauderdale, then moves to the Royal Campbell may not think he’s musical, but Poinciana Playhouse in West Palm Beach audiences who have seen tick, tick...BOOM! and runs from Feb. 4 to Feb. 16. and have heard him sing would surely Showtimes are Tuesday through Sunday, disagree. Campbell nails the theatrical rock 8pm, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, and roll songs, and he says his favorite moment 2pm. Tickets are $52 and $54 and are in the show is when he sings “Louder Than available at the theater box office or Words.” through Ticketmaster.

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CYMK Q_MOVIEpreview Currying Favor Hollywood Meets Bollywood in The Guru By Lawrence Ferber women and men with mustaches, which I Entertainment Writer guess is a requirement. I don’t think any of The fish out of water story is nothing the films were gay, though, so I don’t know new to Hollywood. But rarely—if ever—has why that bondage scene [in The Guru] one included Bollywood musical numbers, ended up being so gay.” porn actresses, new age sexuality, closet Some of those situations revolve around cases, trannies, and, ahem, Puerto Rican Ramu’s experiences in porn, with titles like leather queens. Glad-he-ate-her. These scenes saw the actor This is what moviegoers will find in The baring almost all for the camera—while costar Guru, a cross-cultural comedy directed by Heather Graham, who plays a porn star, Party Girl’s Daisy Von Scherler Mayer. remained clothed. “Heather and I had a pact British actor Jimi Mistry plays Ramu that the point of the film was to get the men Gupta, a young Indian dance teacher naked,” Mayer says. “She has constantly infatuated with American movies. Determined had to be naked, so this was his turn.” to become a big Hollywood film star, he Mayer credits Mistry, although hetero, leaves his home country—and its rousing as being an all-opportunity flirt, much to the Bollywood musical culture—for New York pleasure of his costars and gay costumer City. But instead of landing film roles, Michael Clancy. “Yes, he’s gay friendly,” circumstances lead Ramu to impersonating a Mayer says. “Most actors who are good, I spiritual guru for Manhattan socialites. The find, devote a lot of time to flirting with all trouble is, most of the new agey, sex-positive the men and women around them. He also advice Ramu spreads around is culled from a likes people liking him. Michael said that porn actress, played by Heather Graham, who costuming him was the first costume session is misled to believe she’s coaching him on he’s had that matched [the fun of] Parker becoming a better porn star. Mistry is best Posey’s. He’d put on the clothes and go right known to U.S. audiences for his performance into character. Like, he loved putting on the in the popular comedy, East is East. tight cheesy polyester pants, which, to me, The Guru began its life with Shekhar is the sign of a great British actor. An Kapur, Indian-born director of 1998’s American would say, ‘They make me look Elizabeth. His youth bore parallels to queer,’ and be very vain about it.” Heather Graham and Jimi Mistry Ramu’s—his visions of Western life were Mistry’s trousers aren’t the only queer wholly inspired and misled by Hollywood B- thing in The Guru. As with Party Girl, Mayer genuine,” she says. “On the page, it can be she’s so hot, I want to go out with her,’” she movies, and once a student in the U.K., he incorporated the homo-milieu. She changed funny that they’re kissing, but that kiss is remembers. “And I’d think, ‘No, you want to found people looking to him for that exotic, a supporting character written as female, romantic in a sweet way. It’s a real sexual go shopping with her.’” erotic Eastern spirituality. He took advantage Peaches, into a transsexual played by Dwight kiss, not something you see on a sitcom or Based in New York with her husband, of this perception and assumed the mantle Ewell, who also appeared in Party Girl. And something. And that was important, making Mayer has no plans to spend much time in of “guru” until his sister showed up, appalled a supporting character, near film’s end, comes them genuine love interests for each other.” Hollywood anytime soon, though she would by what she heard him spout. out as gay—smooching his hot and hunky After the success of Party Girl, Mayer like to do another film in the same vein as After developing a script around these lover. had her run-ins with closeted gays who were The Guru. experiences, screenwriter Tracey Jackson Mayer says that the coming-out twist far more satirical in manner. “I was going to “I don’t want a sequel—I want a musical was brought in to add an American comic has a warm heart to it. “The moment they get these meetings with these big Hollywood like Hairspray. Then we could do more sensibility. Director Mayer entered the together, they work on a romantic level that’s execs, and they would be like, ‘I love Parker, singing and dancing.” picture after Kapur bowed out of the directing slot due to availability conflicts, though he remains executive producer. Naked at the Movies “They started interviewing other directors, and I was incredibly excited to get MGLFF Debuts Image for Spring Film Fest this,” Mayer says. “For me, it was like a big By Mary Damiano spirit Miami has of being a fun, sexy budget Party Girl. It had some of the same Arts & Entertainment Editor place, and that gays and lesbians feelings and offbeat sensibility, and that was The image of a happy, dancing, naked from around the world come here really something I had been looking for since man and woman, clothed only in strategically to partake,” he said. writing and directing that film. The musical placed typeface, will be the image that greets The poster was presented before numbers, the camp humor, the ironies and, at people for the Fifth Annual Miami Gay & a screening of The Business of Fancy the same time, it’s sincere.” Lesbian, which will take place April 25 to May Dancing, a new film by Sherman Alexie, the Grand spectacles combining MGM 4. The image was unveiled at a fundraising writer of Smoke Signals. The film centers on musical-inspired production numbers, as well event Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the Regal Lincoln a gay Native American poet torn between as more contemporary films such as Grease, Road Cinema in South Beach. his Indian roots and his desire to leave the with traditional Indian singing and dance, It was a big night for the Miami Gay & reservation behind. Bollywood films influence and are revered in Lesbian Film Festival, as they presented a new Michelle St. Cloud, who appears in the The Guru. There are four major production film, treated fans to a wonderful party and film, introduced the film and fielded audience numbers, including a mock Bollywood film- showcased the new image for its spring questions afterward. St. Cloud was within-the-film. However, Mayer admits she festival. accompanied by some of her family, who live was wholly unfamiliar with the genre before The photograph, which will emblazon the in Pompano, Delray Beach and Plantation. The Guru came along, so she brushed up, posters, program, ads and T-shirts for the film After the screening, a reception was especially studying the work of Indian festival, was chosen out of more than a dozen held in the newly restored Jackie Gleason superstar Hritrick Roshan. entries to a competition the festival held to House on Alton Road. The house has been “He’s gorgeous, and he is the hunk of find its official image for this year’s event. completely renovated and restored by owner Bollywood,” Mayer notes. “But what’s funny The image was designed by Paul Jacober, Craig Eberhardt, who hosted the party. is they’re all really buff, the Bollywood of the advertising agency Jacober & Guests wandered the spectacular guys—almost like Sylvester Stallone a bit. Associates. expanse of the house, an art deco style And in India they call the star of the movie Laplante acknowledged that the image beauty that boasts eight bedrooms, seven the ‘hero.’ When [Indian audiences] saw Jimi, may push the envelope in some people’s eyes, bathrooms, an indoor fountain, two full “We’ve had events in private homes, but this who was so thin and British, they were like, but says the festival wanted something bold kitchens, gym with Jacuzzi and a grand living is a private home like no other.” ‘He’s the hero?’ It’s a very particular look. and edgy to mark their fifth year. area shaped like a Maltese cross, complete Laplante announced the next MGLFF We actually auditioned some Bollywood “They’re not actually nude,” he said. “You with a sunken oval dining room. fundraiser, a screening of the HBO film actors, nobody as big as Hritrick, though.” don’t see anything—the words function as a For those envious of such a house, it is Normal, starring Jessica Lange and Tom Mayer also crammed when it came to bathing suit. It’s a little bit of a tease. We on the market, with a 2.4 million price tag. Wilkinson, about a married man who decides porno films, another genre she wasn’t well wanted to be bold and strong in our imaging, Laplante said that feedback about the to undergo sex reassignment surgery. The versed in. “I made my serious brainiac and we thought that this was definitely event was good, with even longtime members film will be presented March 4 at a location assistant rent some,” she recalls with something that would make people look at and telling him that it was one of the nicest events to be announced. amusement. “Partially because we wanted to make them turn their heads.” the MGLFF had ever presented. For more information about the Miami study the sets and partially to embarrass her. Laplante also believes the image “They were very impressed with the Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, call She came back with films that all looked like conveys the themes of Miami’s Latin and house, and we were grateful for the 305.534.9924 or visit they were from mid-’80s. Joan Jett-looking tropical location. “It’s in keeping with the opportunity to have an event there,” he said. MiamiGayLesbianFilm.com.

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CYMK Q_THEATERreview Farcical Food Chain Feeds Gayopoly Debuts at Twist off the Things We Do for Love New Board Game Celebrates Gay Entrepreneurial Spirit By Mary Damiano Front Porch and Pop. Play Boasts Terrific Performances Arts & Entertainment Editor Gayopoly is also the first two-sided board By Mary Damiano In Gayopoly, the new game celebrating game, giving it that extra gay twist. You can be As Amanda, Amanda Rockwell has the joys of being gay, you don’t pass Go, you the top or the bottom, making it a versatile Arts & Entertainment Editor some long, tough monologues, and she pass “You Go Girl.” You don’t go to jail, you board game. It was also a way for the creators How high up on the food chain are you? pulls them off with aplomb. Her go back in the closet. And in order to get out, to include twice as many cities as they could In the Mosaic Theatre’s production of performance is animated and energetic, you must sing a classic diva song—anything have with a one-sided game. New York City, Nicky Silver’s play The Food Chain, a mélange sexy and funny. As Serge, Brandon Morris by Cher, Barbra or Madonna will do. South Beach, Houston and Hollywood grace of straight, gay, bisexual and ambiguous nails his pretty boy character, who’s just Gayopoly, billed as the versatile board one side, while San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago characters come together to figure out where looking for love. game, debuted this month in San Francisco, and Key West are featured on the other side. they figure into each the first city on an eight-city whirlwind tour. Dixon and James have worked hard to other’s lives and the Gayopoly co-creator Lamont Dixon was at make Gayopoly eye-catching, appealing and scheme of things. Twist last Tuesday night, Jan. 21, to officially different. The board folds into a triangle, This is a marvelous launch the game in South Beach, one of the necessitating a box that makes the game stand production of a very funny cities featured in Gayopoly. out. The game pieces are six cell phones, one and insightful play, where Dixon created Gayopoly with his business for each color in the Gay Pride flag. The board people’s lives depend on partner, Bo James. James was in San Francisco is pink and blue. The rainbow dots on the dice the way society treats them. when he got the idea to expand on the standard were a big hit with the crowd at Twist, eliciting It’s about transformation board game and create something fresh. They cries of “They’re so cute,” and “How adorable” and the need to be accepted formed Slypuss Productions and spent two from the patrons. and loved. And it’s about years turning Gayopoly into a reality. The result is a whimsical amusement— the things we do to get that Despite the name and some obvious part game, part travelogue—playfully saluting much-needed acceptance. parodies, Dixon says that Gayopoly is very gayness at its gayest. The play begins with different from Monopoly. “We call it the Will & Grace version Amanda, a new wife who’s Whereas Monopoly is a game about real because it’s very friendly,” Dixon says. calling a crisis hotline estate, Gayopoly is more of a role-playing game “Children can play it because there’s no sex or because she hasn’t seen about the entrepreneurial spirit. Six different drugs or alcohol in it. We took the positive her husband, Ford, in two Anthony Sacco and Brandon Morris characters are available—Ivana Munch, Jim gay stereotypes—just the fun stuff.” weeks, and they’ve only Freak, Ian D. Middel, Freeda Knight, Amanda Dixon says his satisfaction comes not only been married for three Bee and Lou Cinda Booty. Players have the from bringing the game to fruition but also in weeks. The funniest and most honest moments opportunities to start businesses and hire people’s reactions to Gayopoly. “It’s so great The action then cuts to the apartment of The Food Chain belong to Anthony Sacco, employees. While Monopoly used real to see people loving the game, and see them of Serge, a runway model getting ready for a who plays Otto. As a self-loathing gay man streets, Gayopoly uses real hotels, jumping up and down saying, ‘Finally— late-night visitor. When the knock on the door trying desperately to get back with his clubs and stores in each of the cities something for us.’” comes, however, it’s not the guest he’s boyfriend, Sacco’s role is both emotionally and included. For example, the South Gayopoly is available online at expecting, but rather Otto, Serge’s ex-boyfriend physically challenging, and he turns in a Beach side of the board Gayopoly.com as well as the who is still in love with him. bravura performance. features Twist, Balan’s, businesses featured in the game All of these characters come together in Andres Alexis’s facial expressions make the Abbey Hotel, the and at other stores that carry Amanda’s apartment in the second act, and the enigmatic Ford an interesting and Albion Hotel, The gay-related merchandise. then the play kicks into gear as a farce. How complicated character. Elayne Wilks plays Bea, these five characters end up together, all related the crisis hotline lady, as a lonely woman who in some way, is the crux of the story. needs the hotline callers as much as they need But within this wacky plot, there are a lot her. The colorful, exaggerated set adds to the of interesting themes at work. Otto, for example, farcical nature of the play. is so desperate to be popular and loved, and The Food Chain is a very funny play that so powerless to do anything about it, that he’s will help you escape from reality, while giving supplicated his needs with another vice, you some good insight into it. something that will always be there for him The Food Chain runs through Feb. 2 at and won’t reject him. The Mosaic Theatre, located inside the Although Amanda has experienced the same American Heritage School, 12200 W. Broward lack of love and popularity as Otto, she dealt with Blvd., Bldg. 3000, in Plantation. Showtimes her pain in a completely different way, completely are Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm, transforming herself into society’s ideal. with matinees Saturday and Sunday at 3pm. Only Ford seems untouched by societal Tickets are $23. general admission, $17 for conventions, choosing to do what he wants when seniors and $13 for students. To purchase he wants, unconcerned with how his actions affect tickets or for more information, call others. 954.577.8243 or visit mosaictheatre.com. Christopher Reeve and Nathan Lane Featured at HRC Gala Tammy Baldwin Will Be Keynote Speaker Actors Christopher Reeve and Nathan Tony Award winner Lane will present an Lane will be special participants in the Human award to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, Rights Campaign’s 2003 Gala, which will be a theatre-based organization that has raised held at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City millions of dollars for various AIDS on Feb. 6. organizations. The event will honor the work done on The keynote speaker for the event will be behalf of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin. transgender community. The Human Rights Campaign is the Reeve will discuss the important role that largest national lesbian and gay political each individual can play in helping government organization, with members throughout the focus its attention on the needs of the citizens, country. It effectively lobbies Congress, especially regarding the needed public and provides campaign support and educates the private dollars to fund medical research, not public to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual and only for those living with paralysis, but also transgender Americans can be open, honest the illnesses that impact the gay community and safe at home, at work and in the like HIV, AIDS and breast cancer. community.

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CYMK Heard It Through the Gayvine Queers, Quotes and Quips of Interest

‘Will & Grace’ Nabs Madonna and Moore In television, you can tell what month it is not by the change in seasons but by the parade of megastars suddenly guest starring all over the small screen. February, May and November are sweeps months, the period that ratings are measured and advertising fees are readjusted. Case in point: Next month, Will & Grace will feature Demi Moore, and in May, Madonna will appear on the show. Moore will play Jack’s former babysitter, but no word on whether Madonna will play herself, as Sandra Bernhard or Elton John on their guest spots, or if they’ll play real characters, as Michael Douglas and Glenn Close did last season.

Playing Gay at the Golden Globes Actors playing gay last year fared better in Golden Globe nominations than actual awards, but in at least one case, they were going head to head. Nicole Kidman took the Best Actress in a Drama award for playing bisexual writer Virginia Woolf in The Hours, edging out Salma Hayek, who played bisexual artist Frida Kahlo in Frida and Meryl Streep, who played a lesbian editor in The Hours. Streep did win Best Supporting Actress for playing writer Susan Orlean in Adaptation. The Hours’ Ed Harris and Far From Heaven’s newly uncloseted husband Dennis Quaid lost out to Adaptation’s Chris Cooper, who did a great job of playing a closeted husband in American Beauty a few years ago. The Hours won Best Drama and Pedro Almodovar’s Talk to Her won Best Foreign Film, but HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm beat out Will & Grace for Best Comedy TV Show. Will & Grace’s Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes all went home empty-handed in their respective categories.

F-ing Bono and a Deranged Ballerina All the censors in television must be working overtime on MTV’s The Osbournes, because they weren’t on the ball at NBC during the Golden Globe Awards. During the red preshow on the red carpet, Irish actor Colin Farrell said “shit,” but even better, Bono uttered the big F word while accepting U2’s award for the theme song to Gangs of New York. And speaking of censors, who let Lara Flynn Boyle out of the house in her get-up? The actress wore a dress right out of Swan Lake, but tackier, complete with baby pink tank bodice, pink tutu skirt that stuck straight out, and—if you can believe it—high-heeled pink shoes with wide pink ribbons laced up her legs. Is this the kind of glamour we have to look forward to in March at the Oscars?

Porn or Plum Part? Wanted: actors to have sex onscreen for new film—that’s the order John Cameron Mitchell is having a hard time filling. The Hedwig and The Angry Inch creator is working on a new film, whose working title is The Sex Film Project, and wants the actors to have sex for real for the camera. He’s not getting much help from casting directors, so Mitchell has put out an open call. Any experienced actors who don’t mind getting down and dirty for their art can contact Mitchell at Safeword Productions, PMB# 339, 70A Greenwich Ave., New York, NY, 10011. Deadline is Feb. 15.

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CYMK Q_THEATERreview Phantom Haunts Hollywood Playhouse Musical Melodrama an Uneven Hit By Mary Damiano Phantom’s object of devotion, Christine, Arts & Entertainment Editor Jennifer Zimmerman possesses a soaring The story of The Phantom of the Opera voice that could inspire such obsessive love. has been told many times, on film, TV and on The two leads work well together, and Broadway. Phantom, the version currently their duets, such as “You Are Music,” provide playing at the Hollywood Playhouse, has some of the finer moments of the show. Cast of ‘Phantom’, running through Feb. 16 at the Hollywood Playhouse some fine moments, and will satisfy most Lourelene Snedeker steals every scene audiences, so long as they’re not set on she’s in as the scheming, over-the-hill hard to imagine her as a simple farm girl. And above the audience. comparing it to the splashier Andrew Lloyd wannabe diva, Carlotta. She’s bitchy, comical on a stage full of outlandish costumes, Phantom is a small-scale crowd pleaser, Webber rendition. and appropriately haughty, especially during Christine looks too modern. a nice bit of fluff that will temporarily satisfy The story is familiar—a disfigured man her showstopper, “This Place is Mine.” Later The second act falters with a long and a theater appetite. who haunts a Paris opera house becomes in the show, Carlotta shows what an awful awkward flashback scene that explains how Phantom runs through Feb. 16 at the obsessed with a beautiful young woman and singer she is. It takes special talent for a the Phantom came to be. The scene is much Hollywood Playhouse, 2640 Washington St. in her beautiful voice. Tally Sessions plays the wonderful singer to sing badly, and Snedeker too long and drips with maudlin Hollywood. Showtimes are Wednesday through Phantom, and he certainly has the vocal nails it. sentimentality, slowing down the otherwise Saturday at 8pm; Matinees Wednesday, chops to do the role justice. His Phantom is Even though Phantom is an enjoyable well-paced show. Saturday and Sunday at 2pm. Tickets are $22- not a sophisticated gentleman type, but show, there are some problems. Zimmerman’s The set is inventive, with some of the $32.50. To purchase tickets, call 954.922.0404 rather a displeased schoolboy. As the Christine has such a regal bearing that it’s action taking place on a metal catwalk directly or visit hollywoodplayhouse.com. Q_DININGguide Advertise_954-568-1880

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CYMK Q_CULTURALevents Monday, Jan. 27: Acting Studio Open stupor and stumbles upon his true love, Juliet. Her House—Learn about the Acting Studio’s workshops, real name, however, is Bernadette and she’s the instructors and facilities. 7-9pm at 2450 Hollywood beloved daughter of a Brooklyn mob boss. Coconut Blvd. in Hollywood. Please RSVP at 954.929.4553. Grove Playhouse Main Stage, 3500 Main Hwy., Monday, Jan. 27: Book Discussion—Art Coconut Grove. 305.442.2662. Historian Irma Jaffee discusses her book Shining Through Sunday, Feb. 9: Addicted: A Eyes, Cruel Fortune: The Lives and Loves of Italian Comedy of Substance—This one-man-show is at Renaissance Women Poets at 10am at the Museum the Coconut Grove Playhouse, 3500 Main Hwy, of Art, 1 East Las Olas Blvd. Admission is $5. Miami. For information and tickets call 954.525.5500. 305.442.4000 or 305.358.5885. Tuesday, Jan. 28: Gay Male Empowerment Through Sunday, Feb. 9: Park Your Car in Project—This is the first of 12 programs designed Harvard Yard—Caldwell Theatre Company, 7873 to help gay men improve their quality of life and to N. Federal Hwy., Boca Raton. For information on avoid common pitfalls. 7-9pm at ArtServe, 1300 this comedy call 561.930.6400; for tickets call E. Sunrise Blvd. For more information please call 561.241.7432. Richard Del Prete at 954.768.0434 ext. 1100. Through Thursday, Feb. 13: Mamaleh!— Tuesday - Sunday, Jan. 28 - Feb. 2: Miami Mamaleh! follows the mishegoss and memories of Improv Festival—MIF features all forms of improv Jewish-American women in a tuneful and toe-tapping and sketch groups from around the world. There will style. Hollywood Playhouse, 2640 Washington St., be performances, workshops, seminars and organized Hollywood. 954.922.0404. mamaleh.com events and parties for festival participants. 10am - Through Sunday, Feb. 16: Phantom—The 1pm at Dreamers Theatre, 65 Almeria Ave., Miami. classic story of the mysterious figure who haunts miamiimprovfestival.com, the Paris Opera has been transformed into a [email protected], 305.668.4821. mesmerizing musical by Tony Award winners Maury Tuesdays, Jan. 28 – Feb. 25: Children’s Yeston and Arthur Kopit. Hollywood Plalyhouse, Book Writing Workshop—Gloria Rothstein’s 2640 Washington St., Hollywood. For information instructional workshop focuses on having fun while and tickets, call the Box Office, 954.922.0404. writing and also learning about the children’s book Tuesday – Thursday, Jan. 28 - 30: Lord of market. 6:45 – 8:45pm at the Main Library in Fort the Dance—A celebration of Celtic heritage Lauderdale. $70 in advance, $75 at the door. through dance and song. 8pm at Coral Springs Center 954.357.7401. for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive in Coral Springs. For tickets and information call 954.344.5990. Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1: Miami City Ballet—Swan Lake Act II, Theme and Variations and Black Swan Pas de Deux. 8pm at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 Southwest 5th Ave. For information, call 305.929.7010. Wednesday - Sunday, Feb. 5 - 23: Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA—A captured Nubian princess who becomes the handmaiden to the daughter of the Pharaoh, Princess Amneris. Aida, whose noble rank is unknown to the Egyptians, falls in love with her captor, Radames, who is also Amneris’s betrothed. Broward Center for the Performing Arts, 201 Southwest 5th Ave. 954.462.0222. Fridays: Separate Checks—Spice up your night with South Florida’s favorite Comedy Improv Troupe, where you the audience create the show! (Bring odd objects to be used in the show.) Every Friday night at 9:30pm at the Blue Box, upstairs at the Hollywood Playhouse, 2640 Washington St. Admission is $7/adults, $5/ Friday – Sunday, Jan. 31 – Feb. 2: Shell students. For more information call 954.327.9159. Show—At the Pompano Beach Civic Center, 1801 Fridays and Saturdays: Just the Funny— NE 6th St., Pompano Beach. For show hours, call Whose Line is it Anyway? meets Saturday Night 954.786.4111. Live. Performances are Friday and Saturday nights Saturday, Feb. 1: Tim Dorsey—Annual book at 11pm at Dreamers Theatre, 65 Almeria Ave in and author luncheon will be held at 10am at the Coral Gables. Tickets are $10. For information call Riverside Hotel, 620 E. Las Olas Blvd., Fort 305.69.FUNNY or visit justthefunny.com. Lauderdale. Author Tim Dorsey will review his fifth and latest book, The Stingray Shuffle. $30/person. Music For reservations, call 954.764.6366 or Tuesday, Jan. 28: Barbara McNair—Singer, 954.525.5107 by Jan. 28. nightclub entertainer, and star of motion pictures Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 1 & 2: South and television, Barbara McNair performs at 7:30pm Florida Depression Glass Show & Sale—A at Pompano Beach Civic Center, 1801 NE 6th St, gathering of select dealers from across the country Pompano Beach. For information call with quality items of collectible American glassware 954.786.4111. from the 1920s to ’70s. Saturday 10am - 5pm and Wednesday, Jan. 29: Bobby Stringer— Sunday 10am - 4pm at the War Memorial Auditorium, Rhythm & Blues from 7-9pm at the Hollywood 800 NE 8th St., Fort Lauderdale. For information Beach Theater, located at Johnson St. and the call the South Florida Depression Era Glass Club, Broadwalk. Weather permitting. 954.921.3404. 954.985.1120. Wednesday, Jan. 29: Itzhak Perlman— Saturday – Sunday, Feb. 1 – April 6: Violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman performs with pianist Florida Renaissance Festival—10am - 6pm at Rohan de Silva. 8pm at the Broward Center for the Quiet Waters Park, 401 S. Powerline Rd. Adults/ Performing Arts, 201 Southwest 5th Ave. $15, Kids/$5, Season Pass/$75, Kings Feast/$59. 954.462.0222. ren-fest.com, [email protected], 954.776.1642 Thursday, Jan. 30: Music of the World— or 800.373.633. Singer Ken Stuart performs 7-9pm at the Dania Sunday, Feb. 2: Mother Daughter Book Beach Branch Library, 255 E. Dania Beach Blvd. in Discussion Group—Stargirl will be discussed at Dania Beach. For information call 954.926.2420. 11am at the Two St. Coffee Garage, 209 SW 2 Ave, Thursday, Feb. 13: Jimmy Buffett and the Fort Lauderdale. Complimentary refreshments will Coral Reefer Band—Far Side of the World tour, be served. This is the group’s first meeting. 8pm at American Airlines Arena. aaarena.com 954.357.7504. Thursday, Feb. 20: Liza in Concert—Liza Sunday, Feb. 2: Sun Celebration Circle takes the stage for a night of music, memories and and Ritual—The ancient Druid and Celt Mid- non-stop energy at the Waterfront Theatre at Winter tradition includes drumming, dancing, American Airlines Arena, 7:30pm. aaarena.com chanting and feasting. Bring percussion instruments or Ticketmaster. and food and drink to share for the feast. 7pm at the Friday, Feb. 21: Santana—Carlos Santana Unitarian Universalist Church of Fort Lauderdale, brings his 2003 Shaman Tour to American Airlines 3970 NW 21st Ave between Commercial and Oakland Arena at 7:30pm. aaarena.com. Park. Free. All are invited. For information: uucfl.org/cuups/, [email protected], 954.484.6734. Radio Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 22 & 23: 3rd The Norm Kent Show—Interviews and Annual Miami Subs Sea Side Soccer Six commentary with Norm Kent, weekday mornings Tournament—More than 25 amateur teams are at 8-9am on WFTL 1400 AM. The Call-In Line is expected to participate in the tournament at Mills 877.644.1400. Pond Park in Fort Lauderdale. Adult players or teams Issues Over the Rainbow—MarkyG hosts interested in competing should contact Bare Foot this gay and lesbian early morning talk show. Sunday Sports at 843.379.3440 or adultsoccer.com. mornings at 7:25am on PARTY 93.1 FM. Party931.com Live Theatre and Dance Through Sunday, Feb. 2: Romeo and Television Bernadette—In this musical by Mark Saltzman, SoFla Q TV—Television for the alternative Shakespeare’s Romeo is reborn from an Elizabethan lifestyle. For information call 305.534.3975 or visit soflaqtv.com. www.ExpressGayNews.com • January 27, 2003 Q9

CYMK Naked_Curiosity Singing A Country Song

By Dennis Scott-Bush By Charlene Lichtenstein For the week of 1/27/03 Prepare for a planetary pile-up this week as the Sun “conjuncts” explosive You can take the boy out of the country,” admitted. “Only instead of the lawyer-turned- Uranus. Our long term dreams can be thwarted by what we spontaneously Rick joked. “But you can’t take the country farmer, Brad would think I was closer to Arnold say, think or do. Ready for fireworks in February? Keep on poking those out of this boy. the pig.” embers, bubbele. My cliché-quoting friend was referring A few days later, Rick prepared himself to his recent trip from rustic, rural America to for the worst, when Brad started their chat ARIES (MARCH 21 - APRIL 20) the mean streets of Manhattan. Rick with, “I have something serious to talk to Gay Rams prefer to go it alone when Sun conjuncts Uranus. Pals become and a buddy of his had you about.” But, instead of giving Rick more trouble than they are worth. Take a breather until next week when planned to make the sojourn the brush off, Brad told him that he’d everybody’s nose sniffs up new business and moves out of yours. But for now, keep your knees together. together but his friend could bought an airline ticket and would never commit to specific be coming for a visit in less than TAURUS (APRIL 21 - MAY 21) dates. After about six two weeks. Sun conjunct Uranus creates potholes in your superhighway of success. While months of “You were the country the temptation is to act or react, clever queer Bulls will trot along and unsuccessfully trying to mouse who came to the city graze. This corporate situation will soon downsize and you’ll be in a good position to capitalize on it. solidify an itinerary, Rick and, now, I’ll be the city mouse opted to just go on his own. coming to the country,” Brad GEMINI (MAY 22 - JUNE 21) “On the cab ride from the explained with a giggle. Pink Twins find that their tasty plans don’t seem quite so delicious when Sun airport, I was actually afraid,” Rick worked himself into more of jabs crusty Uranus. Stop and take a serious look at the blueprints to see if a few of the finer points are missing. Review and replan; next week you will Rick confessed. “Not of the a dither with each passing day. He act up with authority. ride itself but because of all convinced himself that Brad would the scary things you read take one look at his modest house, CANCER (JUNE 22 - JULY 23) about and see on TV.” turn around, and head right back to All dressed up with no place to go; Pink Crabs yearn to scratch a low down After checking into New York. He believed that Brad dirty itch. But where is a suitable scratcher? Wiggle around until next week when your urges can be unleashed in all their hot and heavy fury. his hotel, he headed south to Chelsea and would complain about the lack of restaurants Temperatures rising....waters boiling.... the Village. Rick had practically memorized and entertainment. He was certain that, other the listings in the Damron’s Guide. He knew than sex, he had nothing to offer his LEO (JULY 24 - AUGUST 23) which bars were likely to attract a clientele to sophisticated, jaded beau. Partnerships may hit a snag when the Sun shunts Uranus . Keep your sunny side up, proud Lion, as your commitment is tested. Rome wasn’t built in a which he would be attracted. He was ready To mark Brad’s arrival, Rick invited a few day so don’t expect quick fixes. Of course a few quickies here and there may for an adventure and he got one sooner than friends over. With the nearest gay bar two not be a bad idea.... he expected. hours away, most of the gay folks in the area Rick is an amiable guy. He greets preferred to socialize in each other’s homes, VIRGO (AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23) If you’re headed down a primrose path at work the Sun conjunct Uranus has strangers as warmly as friends. While waiting rather than make the long drive for a beer you stepping on a few thorns. Gay Virgins fall into the sub-basement quicker in line to use the urinal, he struck up a and the possibility of a lust connection. that you can say “Pass the paperclips”. However, if you’re angling for a new conversation with Brad and, before the guy Brad brought only a small carry-on bag job, this could clear the way. ahead of them had finished his business, Rick which surprised Rick. He expected several LIBRA (SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 23) had picked up his first big-city trick. large pieces of luggage with some posh Fun has a way of getting out of hand this week so perhaps it’s best to stow “You’d have thought I was in Vegas,” selections from Brad’s massive collection of the stash and settle into a easy chair while this transit howls overhead. Gay Rick teased. “Because I hit the jackpot with stylish clothes. Libras play dropsie. You break, you buy cousin. Pack your credit card and Brad.” “Just an extra pair of jeans and a few your knee pads..... Trick became tour guide and, then, shirts. I saved space by not packing any SCORPIO (OCTOBER 24 - NOVEMBER 22) bedmate, again, with more sightseeing and underwear,” Brad noted. Don’t rush into anything while the Sun hamstrings Uranus now. Queer sex every day and night for Rick’s entire week That was the first of many surprises. Scorps are awash in great decorating ideas but often the best ideas on in New York. Brad was a city boy, born and Contrary to Rick’s assumptions, Brad loved Monday are no nos by Friday. Crushed velveteen bucket loveseats make a bred, and he loved to show off all the his house, found his friends delightful and statement, but do you want to be quoted? fabulous things New York had to offer. At was perfectly content with Rick’s laid-back SAGITTARIUS (NOVEMBER 23 - DECEMBER 22) the airport, Brad promised Rick that he would life. Proud Archers may become a little too expressive when the Sun conjuncts come visit him, as soon as he could. Daily And where’s the twist that brings home Uranus this week, saying things they would normally chew on for a while and phone calls, e-mails and instant messages the column’s message and reflects back to swallow. The secret is not to bite off more than you can handle. (Ain’t it kept the instant boyfriends feeling the opening? the truth, kids!) connected. Brad moved in with Rick. He CAPRICORN (DECEMBER 23 - JANUARY 20) Brad had plenty to talk about, during telecommutes to his office in New York and A bear has trampled on your carefully constructed financial portfolio. Before they conversations. He was always doing goes back for a few days each month for you sell short, chalk it up to market fluctuations and bide your time. Pink exciting things with interesting people. Rick meetings and other business. That was nine Goats will be the master of both the bulls and bears by next week. Pack your whips. began to feel like he couldn’t compete with months ago. Last week, Rick e-mailed to say, that kind of fast-paced urban lifestyle. The “Even when you have trouble believing that AQUARIUS (JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19) only movies Rick saw were ones he got on it’s possible, there are happy endings.” There is considerable commotion occurring in your own sign this week as DVD. The nearest museum was a few hours The country boy is singing a love song. the Sun and Uranus collide in Aqueerius. Venture Out and create a social stir. You’ll have ‘em talking for weeks, so give ‘em something to talk about. away. With each successive exchange, Rick Hold the front page!! grew more sure that if Brad ever came to visit D. Scott-Bush’s work appears in him, he would be bored and disgusted. publications throughout the country. PISCES (FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 20) “I had visions of Green Acres,” Rick E-mail my be directed to If you get your wires crossed, blame it on Sun conjunct Uranus. Prophetic [email protected]. Guppies are apt to stash their crystal balls and let others do the divining. Use this transit to explore relaxation techniques like meditation, yoga or even hypnosis? Clear your mind. Huh?

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CYMK Pumping It Up with Maximum_Volume New Album Releases Nick Warren: ‘Reykjavik #024’ (Studio Distribution) World-renowned DJ Nick Warren brings music lovers another Global Underground compilation, this one titled Reykjavik #024. Warren recorded the CD in Iceland, and its sound will hit the floors of Crobar in Miami on Jan. 31 when the artist makes a live appearance here in South Florida. Fans of global trance and techno are advised not to miss the show. Reykjavik #024 is actually two fantastic discs. One disc is more elegant down-tempo (think sipping Martini’s at The W hotel among a cutting-edge crowd) and the other a collection of up-front club vibes (think dancing your cares away until drenched and it’s the break of dawn). The sounds are rich and sumptuous, with one beat that hooks the listener in leading to another. Warren has also 1. emphasized the use of melodies in his latest work, so it’s not just thumps and bumps one is listening to. You can close Lose Yourself_Eminem your eyes and actually feel yourself being carried away on a journey of elation. The first disc is relaxing enough to pull 2. ’03 Bonnie &Clyde_Jay Z Feat. Beyonce Knowles out a yoga mat and do some stretching to it, or just to meditate in the living room while sipping tea or coffee. Regardless, the effect is calming on the nerves. The second disc is one to put in the car on a Saturday night and crank 3. Work It_Missy”Misdemeanor”Elliott up while driving to your favorite destination with friends. 4. Warren creates Global grooves that will appeal to anyone with a taste for the exotic. Reykjavik #024 is a worthy Beautiful_Christina Aguilera addition to the collection of any dance music fan. 5. Bump, Bump, Bump_B2K & P.Diddy —Andy Zeffer 6. Game Of Love_Santana Feat. Michelle Branch Vivian Green: ‘A Love Story’ 7. Die Another Day_Madonna (Sony) 8. Miss You_Aaliyah Vivian Green has one of the best sounds and styles to come on the R&B scene in ages, and she makes a stunning debut with her CD, A Love Story. 9. Jenny From The Block_Jennifer Lopez Green got her start as a backup singer for Jill Scott, and the training and 10. Justin Timberlake experience shows now that she is in the spotlight. Green’s voice and her choice of Cry Me A River_ material is sultry, soulful and sophisticated. Her songs are tinged with jazz, especially in the piano that opens many songs, but she stays true to the groove. Green is an old-fashioned chanteuse with a fresh edge. Listening to A Love Story conjures up images of Green in a classy gown, center stage, charming and Nikki Nite Y100 • Miami 100.7 wowing her audience. Midday’s 10am-2pm • Monday Thru Friday A Love Story opens with the sunny, optimistic “Wishful Thinking,” the perfect song to introduce Green to www.Y100.Miami.Com listeners. “No Sittin’ By the Phone” will transport you to a smoky jazz club, as Green’s voice channels the spirits of divas [email protected] who came before. “Emotional Rollercoaster” is the CD’s heart-wrenching centerpiece, a smooth song about loss and betrayal. “Final Hour is another winner on this outstanding set, a slow number that really showcases Green’s sensuous voice. A Love Story is an elegant set of songs that captures classic R&B vibes with a modern twist and ensures Vivian Readonline Green a place of honor for a long time to come. —Mary Damiano www.OURweeklynews.com

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CYMK On The Right Expressions High Noon in Europe Dissenting Europeans Were Put Off by President Bush By William F. Buckley, Jr. The United States faces a military reminds them of what they miss about probably unwise, but Bush's decisiveness challenge abroad without the backing of Clinton. All the stereotypes we thought was in wholesome contrast to Mr. Clinton's France, Germany, and Clinton. Mr. we had banished for good after Sept. 11 evasions. He signed the Kyoto treaty but Clinton's speech on Jan. 23 was devoted -- the cowboy imagery, in particular -- never submitted it to the Senate, knowing mostly to disparaging the Bush tax- it's all back." that there -- excuse the language -- it would reform proposal. In doing so he used a What is it -- one gives intensive be "dead." Bush went on to reject U.S. quaint device: Tax reform would amount, thought to the question -- that the submission to an International Criminal he said with mock-serious facial concern, estranged French and Germans found so Court. His doing so projected a developing "to sending more money to me." That offensive in Reagan? One thinks back ... awareness of the underside of the was his way of saying that he is now Reagan said early on in his cooperative, internationalist mystique. Such rich, which indeed he is, having been paid administration that communism was involvements contend with developments in the past year $9 million in speaking headed for the ash heap of history, where like a U.N. Human Rights Commission that fees. In one of those speeches, in it belonged. This astonished a will be headed up by Libya. Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 11, 2002, he said, professional diplomatic community that A confrontation on the point of "I hope the Democrats will support the lives and breathes off ambiguity. Not collective action is now directly ahead, and position the administration now has in much later, President Reagan said that some have warned of it for years. The Iraq, which I think is the correct one." we were dealing with an "evil empire." senior Bush insisted in 1990 that the The administration's position hasn't This caused true commotion: Chiefs of United Nations had to endorse the Gulf changed in the last six weeks. What has state were not expected to use language War, which was done. But now the junior happened is the effective disengagement that issued from moral formulations, Bush is up against a de facto mutiny from of France and Germany from the foreign what some people no doubt thought of the creeping superordination of the United policy of the senior partner of the NATO as "religiosity." Nations over U.S. policy. President Bush alliance. European opposition to the And then Reagan, speaking in will either ignore the call to go to the U.N. Bush policy on Iraq has energized an Berlin, pointed up to the stone masonry to authorize military action, or he will go opposition and given Mr. Clinton a vision with its turrets and machine-guns and to the U.N. and live with a French veto. of a golden harvest for the Democratic man-hunting dogs that for 25 years had Outlive a French veto? Party in which his wife looms as a central kept immured Germans who longed for If Mr. Bush has correctly analyzed the figure. There are those who wonder that by correspondent David E. Sanger is worth freedom. Reagan addressed the leader of the best interests of the United States, he will someone who served so recently as study. It is titled, "To Some in Europe, the Soviet Union by saying: "Tear down that proceed to take action to remove Saddam commander in chief would choose a moment Major Problem Is Bush the Cowboy." An wall." Hussein. That is how such cowboys as on the probable eve of a military engagement unnamed U.S. diplomat reports that he hears The dissenting Europeans were early Winston Churchill and Ronald Reagan would in which American lives are exposed to complaints "all the time." "Much of it is the on put off by President Bush, we learn from have acted, unafraid, in doing so, to invoke disparage the entire operation in which they way he talks, the rhetoric, the religiosity," the dispatch in the Times, because he had the blessing Abraham Lincoln invoked in his are engaged. the diplomat reports. "It reminds them of said shortly after taking office that the Kyoto mission, about which there was a very great The dispatch in The New York Times what drove them crazy about Reagan. It treaty was "dead." The language was division.

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