2024年11月17日星期日

flamboyant mogul-cracy, frolic. Lorraine O’Grady’s performance in “Nefertiti/Devonia Evangeline” in 1981 explored the complex relationship between

The artist Lorraine O’Grady, in red, a performance with photographs on the wall of a statue of Nefertiti, a queen of the 18th Dynasty of ancient Egypt, and O’Grady’s sister.

Lorraine O’Grady’s performance in “Nefertiti/Devonia Evangeline” in 1981 explored the complex relationship between the artist and her late sister Devonia through a juxtaposition with the troubled story of the royal sisters Nefertiti and Mutnedjmet of ancient Egypt.Credit...Naima Green for The New York Times

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A Japanese appeals court has upheld the conviction of flamboyant former Internet mogul Takafumi Horie. The Tokyo High Court rejected Horie's appeal of a ...

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Thursday night at the Allen & Company conference at Sun Valley, the mogul-cracy was in full frolic. The juxtapositions were fascinating: Harvey Weinstein, the Hollywood mogul, was showing Sergey Brin of Google some movie posters. Michael Ovitz, former Hollywood overlord, was in deep conversations with Owen Van Natta, Facebook honcho.

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flamboyant

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adjective
very confident in behaviour, or intended to be noticed, especially by being brightly coloured:
a flamboyant gesture
The writer's flamboyant lifestyle was well known.
His clothes were rather flamboyant for such a serious occasion.

flamboyance

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noun [U]
Her flamboyance annoys some people but delights others.

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mogul (PERSON) Show phonetics
noun [C]
an important person who has great wealth or power:
movie/media/industry moguls

mogul
1. 大人物

-cracy
1. (構成名詞)表示"統治"(如:bureaucracy)

frolic
noun [C or U] OLD-FASHIONED
happy and playful behaviour:
a harmless frolic
It was all fun and frolics until it began to pour down with rain.
歡樂的聚會(或遊戲)[C]
The children are having a frolic on the lawn.
孩子們正在草地上嬉戲玩耍。

juxtapositions
1. 【網路業與實體電影界】並置,並列

honcho
1. 【美】【俚】首領;頭兒;老板

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Google co-founder Sergey Brin played down the idea that his company might be interested in buying the social-networking site Facebook. Speaking from the Allen & Company conference in Sun Valley, he said, "If they come to us, we'd certainly be open to talking. But I think they're building a great company of their own."

frolic
n.