Short Takes: News From All Over: April 29, 2004

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Krumping: The New Expression
Thought you'd digested all the latest avant garde moves. Well, here's a new one: Hip-hop clown dancing, or clowning, jumps out of South Central L.A. and right into Sundance's shorts. This form of combat dancing called 'krumping' is part tribal, part stripper, and all cray-zay! Check out the clip from renowned filmmaker David LaChappelle's documentary. -- Jacob Wheeler
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2532341
http://www.davidlachapelle.com/

CAFTA -- The Trojan Calf
Things are not always what they seem, especially when the gringos offer them as gifts. In the latest Flash Action movie from Free Range, the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) has been offered to Central America as a gift, but like the Trojan Horse, it's really a vehicle for American corporations to secretly invade new markets. -- Jacob Wheeler
http://www.quixote.org/calf/

No Sex Please: We're Too Busy Making Ends Meet
Is Canada the land of milk, honey, and caribou? Apparently not, opines Murray Dobbin from Rabble News. More than half of all Canadians are 'highly stressed' at work, and one quarter of them work more than 50 hours a week. The birth rate has fallen to 1.5 children per woman, down 25 percent in a single decade. Conclusion: If Canadians don't start working less and having more fun, the only mammals to our north will be those walking on four legs. -- Jacob Wheeler
http://rabble.ca/columnists_full.shtml?x=31880

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