Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, January 3, 1994 TAG: 9401040011
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: ROY H. CAMPBELL KNIGHT-RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Fame never seemed more fickle than in 1993. Icons we thought would be forever ``in'' - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Carson, Michael Jordan, Michael Jackson, Madonna and Jim Florio - were out, out, out! And those who we thought could never, ever be in, such as Howard Stern, Lyle Lovett, Meat Loaf, Beavis and Butt-head, and Janet Reno, were suddenly larger than large, more in then even they could imagine.
It's as if the nerds took over the high school and the popular kids were banished to study hall.
It was also the year that everybody got a talk show, Sharon Stone got overexposed, Lani Guinier got deep-sixed, Marla Maples finally got her man, Heidi Fleiss got the goods on Hollywood, fitness guru Susan Powter got too thin and too rich, David Letterman got even, Reno got tough, Shannen Doherty got a life, Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason got the Washington shaft, Ken got fey, Ted Danson got his (as if Whoopi Goldberg wasn't punishment enough) and John Wayne Bobbitt got the unkindest cut of all.
And, shades of Watergate, we had Nannygate, Ed Rollinsgate, the Packwood diarygate and the biggest shocker of all - Michaelgate.
On the music charts rose gangsta rappers, nasty do-wop boy groups, Whitney and Mariah, plus a wave of alternative music. On the runways came designer blasts from the far and near past, clothes based on religious garb, and schoolgirl fashions that even real schoolgirls don't want to wear. In establishing what was in, designers seemed ignorant of the fact that many women thought they were out - of their minds.
Pop culture has its dark side, too. Uzis are out; kids are carrying cheaper and smaller Rugers on the streets and in schools. Designer drugs are out; users are turning to heroin as their drug of choice.
Enough already. This could get depressing.
From those who stand watch over the prisoners of pop culture comes this highly personal view on what's sizzling and who's chilling, what's making it and what's outta here.
Drum roll, please.
\ IN OUT
\ Kate Moss Marky Mark
Beavis & Butt-head Wayne & Garth
Lawyer novels Lawyers
I. Goldberg J. Crew
Pierced navels Pierced nipples
Game Gear Game Boy
Granny boots Knee boots
Seinfeld Sinbad
Shaved heads Big hair
Pin curls Finger waves
Pearl Jam Nirvana
Karl Kani Cross Colours
Coffee houses Bistros
Arnold the pig Arnold Schwarzenegger Boy George RuPaul
Talk radio Tabloid television
China Japan
Ashley Judd Naomi Judd
Dana Buchman Jones New York
Aerosmith Led Zeppelin
T-Rex Barney
Meat Loaf Madonna
John Grisham Scott Turow
Shaquille O'Neal Michael Jordan
Gossips Whistleblowers
Fox TV network CBS
Lesbians Trophy wives
Christie Whitman Ed Rollins
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Boris Yeltsin
Archangel Michael Michael Jackson
Information highway Touching, feeling Rugers Uzis
Reattachment Circumcision
Black comedians Sitcoms
Heroin Designer drugs
Oval frames Malcolm X specs
Charles Manson Charles Barkley
Sophie Rhys-Jones Princess Di
Atlanta Miami
Plaid vests Plaid flannel shirts
Rollerblading Aerobics
Janet Reno Reno
Howard Stern Rush Limbaugh
QVC mergers QVC merchandise
Snoop Doggy Dogg Easy E.
Boy groups Girl groups
``Living Single'' ``In Living Color''
Sunflowers Hydrangeas
Angels Trolls
Spooned caviar Sushi
``The Young & the Restless'' ``General Hospital'' Drag queens Drag racing
The Heidi look Heidi Fleiss
Hairless chests Hairy chests
Gilligan Gidget
Marla Maples Sharon Stone
Nostalgia Channel ``Nick-at-Nite''
Loni & Burt Whoopi & Ted
John Galliano Christian Francis Roth
Caesar haircut Men's ponytails
Gangsta rap Bubblegum rap
Discman Walkman
Lorena Bobbitt John Wayne Bobbitt
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YEAR 1993
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