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FEB 26, 2009
'Medicine for Melancholy' FILM
'Medicine for Melancholy'

Wyatt Cenac's laid-back and slightly dopey Daily Show character allows him to joke about race in a clever, sly way, as with his internet-famous "Rappers or Republicans?" quiz. In Medicine for Melancholy, Cenac similarly plays a San Francisco hipster doofus who drunkenly bumbles into a one-night stand with a gorgeous woman (Tracey Heggins). They wander around together, having a first date in reverse, talking about race and gentrification, and completely charming each other—and us. It's a date movie that matters, and Cenac gives an intelligent, nuanced performance. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 829-7863. 7 and 9 pm, $6–$9.) by It's Paul Constant's Birthday, Everybody!!!

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"sliver lamé"...?
Posted by Wallace weeps from beyond at your lack of editors on February 26, 2009 at 11:28 AM · Report
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@1: That's actually a direct quote from the essay as it appeared in Harper's:

http://www.harpers.org/archive/1996/01/0…

So maybe Wallace wept at the lack of editors at Harper's when the piece was originally published in 1996?
Posted by Paul Constant on February 26, 2009 at 11:41 AM · Report
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Why can't you have silver lam'e? Like gold lame but silver?
Posted by scharrera on February 26, 2009 at 11:47 AM · Report
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@3, it says "sliver", not "silver".

Paul, will you read it as "sliver"?
Posted by Wallace weeps from beyond at Harpers' lack of editors on February 26, 2009 at 12:40 PM · Report
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He meant "silver," obviously. Don't entrench a proofreading error, I beg of you.

Plus, I don't know how you'll be able to read from that piece to an audience. I tried reading it aloud to someone, and the pauses due to gasping for air from laughing my ass off kind of killed the flow.

So sorry DFW's gone.
Posted by LeslieC on February 26, 2009 at 1:31 PM · Report

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