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Blurb Racket 6/24/05

Our weekly roundup of misleading review blurbs—in ads for movies, books, theater, and more—takes on Heights, The Girl in the Café, Sahara, and more.

The Blurbs

Blurb Racket 6/18/05

Our weekly roundup of misleading review blurbs—in ads for movies, books, theater, and more—takes on Cinderella Man, Entourage, the latest from Nick Hornby and Umberto Eco, and more.

Comedy

Overheard at SketchFest NYC

Quotes and photos from New York's inaugural national sketch-comedy festival.

Food

Globalize Me

South of the equator, McDonald's marries its signature dishes with local flavor to form culinary masterpieces.

Comedy

Gotham Gets Its Sketchfest

Six years after the first national sketch-comedy festival, New York gets its turn. Gelf interviews the organizer about the city's evolving comedy scene and what to expect from the out-of-town troupes. Plus, see a photo gallery of 15 SketchFest NYC troupes and their responses to Gelf's comedy questionnaire.

The Blurbs

Blurb Racket 5/31/05

Our weekly roundup of misleading review blurbs—in ads for movies, books, theater—and more, takes on Madagascar, Empire Falls, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, and more.

Comedy

Word Games

Funnyman Demetri Martin ditched law school to explore palindromes and pound a toy kickdrum onstage. The judiciary's loss is our gain.

Books

Can We All Get Along?

We have no choice, say John Hagel III and John Seely Brown. In their new book, The Only Sustainable Edge, the Silicon Valley business gurus talk about collaboration, globalization, and why friction is not necessarily a bad thing.

Comedy

Invasion of Kiwi Comics

New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo a capella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo rocks New York.

Food

Tea and Empathy

France and Japan join in blissful matrimony at the New York café Thè Adoré.

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