Overrated and Underrated Lists, 2002
Overrated - mojitos, ___tinis, merlot - J-Lo's from-the-block cred - the supposed underratedness of rap-rock bands - Sam Mendes - Heath Ledger - Anthony Lane - "Road to Perdition", the movie - "Everyone Loves Raymond" - "Six Feet Under" - Scotland - Carrie - wins by starting pitchers - interleague baseball - the NBA salary cap - the amount of guilty pleasure one can derive from reality shows - the New York Times' liberal bias - William Safire - Cary Tennis as chronicler of generations - "I Don't Know How She Does It" - the hotness of the Bush twins - the freakiness of Bing-Bowie's "Little Drummer Boy" - politically incorrect humour - pronouncing 'Target' with a soft 'g' - spelling 'America' with any number of 'k's - Tom Tomorrow - China - "Best (or worst) lie I've ever told" - Simon Cowell's heartlessness - the staying power of "terror sex" - the sincerity of Strom's renunciation of 1948 - Sean Combs, fashion designer - headlines with the phrase "____ and the City" - Industrial Light and Magic - the 'Dolby Digital experience' effects - the sex appeal of Dubya | Underrated - Manhattans, Pimm's, pinot grigio - "ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup" - the Datsuns, the Leaves - the Weitz brothers - Charlie Hunnam - David Denby - "Possession", the movie - "Buffy" - "Gilmore Girls" - Wales - Miranda - on-base percentage - the wild card in baseball - Tomasz Radzinski - pitchers under 6 feet - Voice Over Internet Protocol - Dahlia Lithwick from Slate - the Ethicist - Cary Tennis as advice columnist - "The Nanny Diaries" - the hotness of the Olsen twins - "Last Christmas" - dirty jokes - saying "23 skidoo!" - anachronistic slang... "heavens to Betsy!" - the Boondocks - Taiwan - "_____ is sexy; ______ is sexier" - Paula Abdul's niceness - the euro - water as a political issue - the sound of "Mills/McCartney" vs "McCartney/Mills" - clubbing in the 80s - WETA vfx - the THX sound - the sex appeal of John Major, apparently |
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