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To appreciate Carey, you must understand the union's depravity.
While Ted Koppel speculated about whether the president considered oral sex to be sex and Newsweek reported the possible existence of a semen-stained dress, the tabloid cover stories on the newsstands were: Jerry Springer ( Star ), JonBenet Ramsey ( Globe ), and Michael Jackson ( National Enquirer ). The big question this week was: Could the tabs reclaim their territory--the depravity and hypocrisy of the celebrated--in the face of the onslaught from the respectable press?
This area, known as Storyville, became a legend in its own time, where the mixture of glamour, depravity, and color in the local brothels attracted almost every visiting celebrity, and where saloon drinkers, gamblers, and rakes waiting their turn could tap their feet to a developing style of music — jazz.
Conversion narratives--tales of evil, reactionary, or addicted people who reform--share one complicating trait: Their protagonists tend to be more compelling in the throes of their particular depravity than after they "come to their senses."
"Hand me that cigar, big boy," she said, hoisting up her skirt, wallowing in all the depravity he taught her, "and let's see if we can light your fire!"