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At 08:40 PM 12/7/98 EST, you wrote: > I wish I could get my students to use such creative metaphors! On the Van Sant appearance, early press had indicated he would appear at the same time Hitch did in the film. Of course, I don't know how many people know what Van Sant looks like, so the impact would be different. Obviously, in his homage, VS should have gained 100 pounds and shaved his head for the scene. I've seen the Van Sant "Psycho" and I must admit that I'm even more puzzled by >it now than I was when I first heard of the idea. This is not a case of one >artist appropriating another's work and making it his own; it's more like >someone making a full-scale model of Notre Dame in his back yard out of >toothpicks...It looks just like the real thing, but it's not a cathedral. Melinda M. Schwenk Ph.D. Candidate Annenberg School for Communication [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%