CHRISTO V. CRUISE

Christo can wrap it, but Cruise can't film in it. I suppose that's fine with me, but, taken together, the two cultural events (or one event and one non-event) conspire to create an odd kind of artistic statement of anti-transparency. Or perhaps it's just anti-Hollywood.

I was in Berlin when the Reichstag was wrapped, and it was brilliant. The field to the west was filled with Berliners merrily picnicking, and the setting sun cast the building -- and the people near it -- in a wonderful pinkish-blue hue.