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Queer eye for the Whitney Bi.(Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night)

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| April 01, 2006 | Panero, James | COPYRIGHT 2006 Foundation for Cultural Review. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

So you are "against the war" Do you:

a) articulate a coherent foreign policy and support politicians who advocate it?

Or do you:

b) create a film trailer for a non-existent remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula, about that "decadent government of Roman Emperor Gaius Germanicus Caligula, who gave his horse political office and hosted scandalous orgies in the Imperial palace" and feature cameos by Helen Mirren, Courtney Love, Karen Black, Benicio Del Toro, Michelle Phillips, the "incomparable" Milla Jovovich, Gore Vidal himself, and a chorus of strap-on dildos--but, you know, more than being just about the dildos, really this is about critiquing ...

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