Faces of the Fake

From Utne Reader July-August 1997 p.51
Real Real fake Fake Hyperfake
(not bogus) (classically bogus) (merely bogus) (so bogus it threatens the idea of the real)
BLONDE BOMBSHELLS Marilyn Monroe Jayne Mansfield Anna Nicole-Smith Dennis Rodman
PRESIDENTS FDR Ronald Regan Gerald Ford Bill Clinton
LATIN DANCE CRAZES samba cha cha lambada macarena
IDEOLOGIES despotism Communism Democratic Party free trade
WHITE NEGROES Johnny Otis Jack Kerouac Vanilla Ice Michael Jackson
MEAT T-bone Spam Tofu Pups emu
VISIONARIES Rachel Carson Charles Reich Faith Popcorn Bill Gates
WARS World War II Spanish-American War Gulf War War on Drugs
ELVISES Elvis in 1958 Elvis in 1970 The Flying Elvises El Vez
MODES OF COPING shit happens- get used to it martinis LaToya Jackson's Psychic Network Heaven's Gate