Sign up Privacy Policyġ992: In the movie Year of the Comet, the world’s most rare bottle of wine (bottled in view of a comet in 1811) is discovered, and an international pursuit to bring it to auction ensues, along with other shenanigans.ġ993: In Groundhog Day, Bill Murray’s character drinks sweet vermouth on the rocks, with a twist every day for 10 years, until he learns how not to be a jerk.ġ994: Demi Moore’s character tries to seduce Michael Douglas’s character in the film adaptation of Michael Crichton’s Disclosure, by sharing a bottle of 1991 Pahlmeyer Chardonnay. Thank You! We've received your email address, and soon you will start getting exclusive offers and news from Wine Enthusiast. I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti,” said Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. Now that’s a sexy tasting session.ġ991: Arguably the most gruesome wine pairing in history: “A census taker once tried to test me. He eventually uses his fluent French to get the vineyard owners imprisoned for their abuse.ġ990: When Edward escorts Vivian to his hotel room in Pretty Woman, he orders some Champagne and strawberries. He crushes grapes, works harder than the mule, and even tests wine blended with antifreeze. Bart’s French “exchange family” is really a pair of sleazy vineyard owners who treat him as a slave. Radio Silence (all photos by Steve Weinik, courtesy Mural Arts Philadelphia)” width=”720″ height=”480″ srcset=”×480.jpg 720w, ×720.jpg 1080w, ×240.Sure, Sideways single-handedly affected Merlot sales for years, but what about hip hop’s love affair and eventual fallout with prestigious brands like Cristal? Did Hannibal Lecter’s love for Chianti (paired with fava beans) boost the wine’s popularity? As Wine Enthusiast Magazine kicks off its second quarter century, we decided to reflect on the past-more specifically, wine’s presence in pop culture over the past 25 years.ġ981–1990: Remember Falcon Crest, the long-running soap about the tyrannical wine family? What about Matriarch Angela Channing’s endless scheming set against the backdrop of California’s fictitious Tuscany Valley?ġ990: In The Simpsons episode “Crepes of Wrath,” Bart is enrolled in a foreign exchange program when he blows up a cherry bomb in the school bathroom just as Principal Skinner’s mother enters. PHILADELPHIA - In the wake of the Iraq War, finding a way for Americans to learn about and celebrate elements of Iraqi culture that have been lost seems like a form of reparations, especially for those directly involved in the conflict.
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When Michael Rakowitz held a live public broadcast for his project Radio Silence - a seven-part podcast series investigating narratives of Iraq that launched a weekly broadcast on April 15 - at Philadelphia’s Independence Mall in late July 2017 (the project’s original planned launch date), the relative comfort with which Iraqis and Americans engaged (both on and offstage) felt remarkable and rare.
A diverse group of Iraqi immigrants, veterans in military uniform, and Philadelphia-area musicians, artists, and writers came together to pay homage to Iraqi culture, while enjoying catered Iraqi cuisine from Amasi, Philadelphia’s only Iraqi restaurant. The performance took place on a stage modeled after the Ziggurat of Ur, with a backdrop depicting Baghdad’s Arc of Triumph monument, placed in the cradle of US democracy.īehind the scenes, however, Radio Silence was seriously affected by the current political climate. When the Trump administration reinstated a revised version of the travel ban last June, many of the project’s original participants understood the implicit anti-Muslim sentiment of the order and asked that their contributions be reduced. “There was also a concern that being seen alongside other performers during the event, like the veterans, who speak directly about their experiences during the war, could place their families here and back in Iraq in danger.” Several performers dropped out, and after that first live performance, the project was shelved for some nine months.ĭolphin Man at the July 30 live performance for Radio Silence “For these people and their families, their fear was that participating in something that could be seen as political and against the policies of the current administration could disrupt their families’ bids for asylum, residency, or citizenship,” Rakowitz, an Iraqi American from New York, said via email. Produced by Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program, Radio Silence is a project that weaves together narratives about the Iraqi experience, both from the perspective of political refugees who sought asylum in the United States, and from US military veterans who were deployed during the Iraq War.
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