Flouting Convention, Embracing Eccentricity
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In assembling some of the strangest personalities in show business, "The Surreal Life" exercises a Warholian door policy: only freaks allowed.
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Though it gives off hot sparks of original wit, âNext to Normalâ also sinks into what feels like warmed-over social satire, with detours to the giddy brink of camp.
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The world of fashion is one of professional transgression. The industry's lifeblood is shock and outrage; it survives, in its highest form, by virtue of almost hysterical exhibitionism.
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By Munz, Tania  LORRAINE DASTON and GREGG MITMAN (eds.), Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. Pp. vii+230. ISBN 0-2311.3038-4. Pounds 32.00, $49.50 (hardback).
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Life & style: Pick of the week gallery: Where would fashion be without needless extravagance?
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A RubikÂs Cube of shifting sexual orientation and elaborate sex fantasies, ÂSloppy SecondsÂ gathers all the accouterments of soft pornography into a plot of stunning imbecility.
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"Come Out and Play Festival" to bring together out-of-the-box designers, techno-philosophers and utopian free spirits. Oh, and gamers too. Photos: Playing PacManhattan
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At this year's film festival, nonfiction films outshine the usual angst-ridden, quirky indies.
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There's hype. There's hysteria. And there's history.
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The forthcoming theater calendar seems distinguished by its fixation on invention.
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Someone in the scheduling department must have a sly sense of humor.
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With slight deviations to reflect taste, there are specific features that make up the contemporary manâs suit.
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Find other people searching for the same weird crap you are.
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Our pop-culture critic comments on the convention.
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More people are finding unusual ways to enjoy their holidays without shopping themselves into a stupor.
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Fashion designers are coming up with unique theme to create their range of collection.
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Barking, repressive, unworkable ideas are clearly catching