Roll call: James Boo, Rich Bunnell, Marco Corona, Joshua Leichtung.
This Friday: A distinguished thespian scarred with talent; the point when countries became more than the sport of kings; a shameful mockery of what was once one of salt’s greatest arguments; one man’s examination of the perennial allure of puzzles; a seasoned master of telling children what they’ve won; and a vicious empire’s triangular proof of galactic dominance.
Star Destroyer
battle cruiser
If George Lucas has done one thing right as a director, he owes it to the fact that there is not a sight in space more intimidating than a giant metallic cheese wedge bristling with turbolasers (this, of course, being before the conception of the Borg cube). -JB
Harvey
announcer, Double Dare
The bearded glue keeping a childhood monolith from imploding, when this man turned up, it either meant you were about to watch an orange flag be excavated from an enormous pizza, or the program was soon to end, dooming you to a chilling reality bereft of slime. -RB
Michael K. Williams
actor
There’s a mystical power behind the facial scar. Observe Michael K. Williams, who played Omar Little in HBO’s The Wire: a gay Robin Hood, who eats Honey Nut Cheerios and robs drug dealers by day, smokes Newports, safeguards his people, and loves his man by night. Indeed. -JL
If I …
one-man play, 2003
The unexamined life is not worth living … man. So starts the introspective journey of Demetri Martin in his one-man show, If I …, an intimate portrait of a “beautiful mind” with nothing to offer society, except for some palindromes, anagrams, and hope to the giftedly awkward. -MC
A Bad Box of Cheez-Its
deviant food product
What devilry turns an ordinary Cheez-It into a brittle, burnt and flavorless shell of a snack food? Where flavor once reigned over colonies of mouth watering glory, there lie only the symmetrical carcasses of Sunshine. Not even peanut butter can save a pound of these insolvent crackers. -JB
Nationalism
political movement
God bless the French Revolution: Now when soldiers randomly show up at my apartment and demand shelter, I’m actually aware of which war they’re fighting. And when I kick back on my Futon and watch Home Improvement, I know the rest of America is laughing with me. -RB
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