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There's a documentary premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival called Guest of Cindy Sherman, directed by Sherman's ex-boyfriend and fellow artist, Paul Hasegawa-Overacker (aka Paul H-O). Anyway, the documentary is all about Paul H-O's inability to deal with living with what he refers to as "Cindy World." Cindy's World is a place where H-O's "identity went into hibernation or was subsumed by this much greater force... In the old days there were these things called Rolodexes with little cards. Mine had like 10 cards, and hers had 1,000. And, you know, Salman Rushdie would be in hers. Her world was a lot bigger and more powerful than mine." At some point in the film, H-O also says: "I know what it feels like to be a wife that no one pays attention to." Salon writer Joy Press points out that "for centuries women have gotten used to being the second fiddle," and H-O responds, "I acknowledge my inferiority to the greater body. But then, I got tired of it." More »
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