The Mediator for July 4, 2001
Headline Writing 101
The unexpected success of The Fast and the Furious should prove a boon not only to the careers of the film's stars, but also to pun-starved magazine editors across the continent. After a summer that promised event movies with only uninspiring, pun-resistant titles -- Pearl Harbor, Tomb Raider, Shrek, A.I., for crying out loud -- The Fast and the Furious has stepped up as a worthy and timely successor to such favoured headline fodder of yesteryear as Do the Right Thing, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, and last year's movie-title-that-launched-a-thousand-headlines, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. To get the ball rolling, Fametracker helpfully suggests these magazine-ready plays on The Fast and the Furious, offered here free of charge. Collect them all!
From Premiere: Director Lars Von Trier's new film is so top-secret, not even the stars know the plot line. But some Hollywood players will do anything to spoil the ending. Read about it this month in The Cast and the Curious.
From Atlantic Monthly: In India, marrying outside of your social status is considered the ultimate affront. Now an American psychologist is helping outraged fathers deal with the new in-laws. Find the details in The Caste and the Furious.
From Discover: New archeological digs in Arizona have American researchers questioning just when Europeans first set foot on this continent. But are the artifacts they've found a revelation or a hoax? Find out in The Past and the Spurious.
From The New Yorker: Today's juries are reaching verdicts more quickly than ever. But who should be found guilty? Malcolm Gladwell reports on The Fast and the Injurious.
From Rolling Stone: The modern American high school is a battleground between abstinence-preaching virgins and wild teens who trade blowjobs for cigarettes -- between kids who have kids and kids who won't have anyone. But who will save their souls? Find out in The Chaste and the Prurient.
From O: The Oprah Magazine: Do you sit down to decadent dinners, then feel down for days afterward? Oprah shows you how to break out of the gourmet-guilt cycle, in The Repast and the Lugubrious.
From Maxim: Forget Vogue. Real guys don't want stick-insect supermodels. Instead, let's get up-close and personal with ten babes who got back -- and front, too. This month in The Assed and the Pendulous.
From High Times: They're back, they're bad, and they're still smoking. Rap's favourite hopheads talk songs and hit bongs, in The Grassed and the Funkdoobiest.
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