Omss-Culture: Culturebox: Two Girls, One Dude



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television Two Girls, One Dude The double life of a charming Texas man in Lone Star. By Troy Patterson Posted Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at 5:48 PM ET Surely someday a writer--inspired or addled, who knows?--will produce a cultural history of rolling luggage. She'll want to pitch it as the epic story of a narrow subject, along the lines of Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World or--and this is for real--Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World. The luggage book should devote some space to the screen symbolism of the 21^st-century frequent flyer. Suggested chapter title: "Shoulder to the Wheel." One passage would reflect on the spruce drill-team maneuvers George Clooney executes in the Up in the Air, deftly collapsing a handle at the X-ray machine and speeding ahead in his hollow quest. Another might consider the small degradation experienced by Apprentice contestants freshly fired by Donald Trump: Alone again at the end of the day, they drag away their carry-ons, early for a layover in Loserville. Tonight, the lead suitcase of *Lone Star* (Fox, Mondays at 9 p.m. ET) glides gorgeously forward for the scholar's consideration. To continue reading, click here. Troy Patterson is Slate's television critic. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Hitchens: The Evolution of the Race Card in American Politics What Are Those Strange Messages That Pop Up at the End of Big Bang Theory? New Book: Hillary Clinton's Defeat Was Not a Defeat for Feminism	Advertisement
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television Two Girls, One Dude The double life of a charming Texas man in Lone Star. By Troy Patterson Posted Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at 5:48 PM ET Surely someday a writer--inspired or addled, who knows?--will produce a cultural history of rolling luggage. She'll want to pitch it as the epic story of a narrow subject, along the lines of Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World or--and this is for real--Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World. The luggage book should devote some space to the screen symbolism of the 21^st-century frequent flyer. Suggested chapter title: "Shoulder to the Wheel." One passage would reflect on the spruce drill-team maneuvers George Clooney executes in the Up in the Air, deftly collapsing a handle at the X-ray machine and speeding ahead in his hollow quest. Another might consider the small degradation experienced by Apprentice contestants freshly fired by Donald Trump: Alone again at the end of the day, they drag away their carry-ons, early for a layover in Loserville. Tonight, the lead suitcase of *Lone Star* (Fox, Mondays at 9 p.m. ET) glides gorgeously forward for the scholar's consideration. To continue reading, click here. Troy Patterson is Slate's television critic. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Hitchens: The Evolution of the Race Card in American Politics What Are Those Strange Messages That Pop Up at the End of Big Bang Theory? New Book: Hillary Clinton's Defeat Was Not a Defeat for Feminism	Advertisement
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Culturebox: Two Girls, One Dude

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