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Article: Portrait of the assimilartist: Nikki S. Lee has transformed herself into a black hip-hop groupie, a Latina, and a white midwesterner--but insists it's not about race. (Culture).(photographer; book Nikki S. Lee: Projects)
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- Colorlines Magazine
- Article date:
- September 22, 2002
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When I watch any movie in he which some lone, righteous figure is being relentlessly and unjustly pursued by the police state--take Harrison Ford's The Fugitive, for instance--I root for the prey with an intensity that defies the bounds of the cinematic arc. I become obsessed with scheming: How could Harrison really and truly get away?
Ford's character, Dr. Richard Kimble, dons certain costumes and shaves his beard in a desperate attempt to look like someone else. His tricks get him through a couple of tight spots. But, I think to myself, Kimble could do so much more--dye his hair pink, go five shades darker with a bottle of self-tanner, strap on some platform ...