HAPPY
TUESDAY!

ACROSS
1 Campaign
display
7 Tuber made into
poi
11 Actor Beatty
14 Give in
15 Out for the night
16 Australian bird
17 *Oft-minced bulb
19 Came in first
20 Woman in a
Beethoven piano
title
21 Oscar night rides
22 Classic sports
cars
23 Absorbed
24 *Laura
Hillenbrand best-
seller about a
racehorse
26 Honest prez
28 Math comparison
29 Sally Ride, e.g.
35 Diarist Frank
37 Island wreath
38 Recipe direction
... and a literal
hint to what you
can do to the
starts of the
answers to
starred clues
41 “Dig in!”
42 Celebrity
44 Statues, often
46 “Now you __ ... “
49 Fist-up call
50 *Dry-climate
landscape option
54 Palms-down call
58 Photo lab abbr.
59 Dubai bigwig
60 “MASH” setting
61 __ juice: milk
62 *Olympic sport
with a hollow ball
64 Company abbr.
65 Sheep’s cry
66 Candy heart
message
67 Shatner’s
“__War”
68 Backwoods
possessive
69 Rains ice pellets

DOWN
1 Cell alternative
2 Florida horse-
breeding city
3 Doc’s order to a
pharmacist

4 Early
communications
satellite
5 Falco of “The
Sopranos”
6 TiVo button
7 Actress Shire
8 Manhattan
Project creation
9 “Au __”: “Bye,
Pierre”
10 Texas or Ukraine
city
11 World’s second
largest island
12 Showing strong
feelings
13 Kirsten of
“Spider-Man”
18 The Browns, on
sports tickers
24 Pop in the mail
25 Windy City
commuter org.
27 __ constrictor
29 Landon who ran
against FDR
30 Opening set of
TV series
episodes
31 Hourly worker’s
device
32 Fleet VIP
33 Put into operation
34 Scottish cap

36 Sci-fi staples
39 Diving lake bird
40 Capote
nickname
43 It’s a scream
45 Picking-up-the-
tab words
47 Song words
before “with a
little help from my
friends”
48 Husk-wrapped
Mexican food
50 Pay

51 Concrete-
reinforcing rod
52 Shoulder
muscles, briefly
53 Before, before
55 Golfer with an
“army”
56 Deceptive move
57 Makes more
bearable
60 Capsize, with
“over”
63 Superstation
initials

By Kurt Krauss
©2016 Tribune Content Agency, LLC
02/09/16

02/09/16

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6 — Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Arts
The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com

We need to stop 
enabling Shinola

The corporate 

brand from Texas 
is using the Motor 
City like its puppet

By ANAY KATYAL

For the Daily

Growing up in Chicago, I 

always had a fascination with 
Detroit. For so long, I consid-
ered the Motor City my sister 
city of sorts — while Detroit 
and Chicago are similar in many 
ways, each city manages to have 
its own unique, distinguishing 
quirks. Detroit was endearing to 
me, and it came to take a special 
place in my heart. As a result, 
Detroit’s fall from grace hit me 
harder than it did most non-res-
idents. Besides, a city in crisis, 
caused by the malfeasance and 
mismanagement of questionably 
elected politicians, is something 
I can empathize with fairly well. 
I so badly wanted Detroit to get 
back on its feet, that I blindly 
supported any shiny new initia-
tive that emphasized any intent 
to “revitalize” Detroit.

Shinola soon made its mark 

on the fashion scene and Detroit 
revitalization 
simultaneously, 

touting “quality, Detroit-made 
goods” with a dedication to 
“American luxury and American 
quality.” With its shiny branding 
and lofty promises, I really want-
ed to like Shinola. A company that 
wants to give Detroiters a second 
chance on the backs of something 
that isn’t automotive? Great. A 
second chance on the backs of 
Detroit-made watches and other 
craft goods? Even better.

I told my Dad to go buy a 

Shinola watch, I extolled the 
merits of the company to my 
friends; there was even a point 
where I tried saving up for my 
very own Shinola timepiece. 
I can’t really say I fell in love 
with the company, because that 
requires a genuine, confident 

feeling of attachment; rather, 
like many others, I had a period 
of deep infatuation, finding 
myself in love with the idea of 
the company and its products, 
rather than the company itself. 
The slick marketing materials 
that tried to simultaneously 
appeal to a penchant for luxury 
goods and love for Detroit 
worked on me.

After the honeymoon period 

was over, it was pretty easy to 
see the false narrative Shinola 
was trying to sell to consumers 
like me. Owned and operated 
by Bedrock Brands, a venture 
capital firm started by one of 
the founders of Fossil, Shinola 
operates under the pretense 
of being a homegrown Detroit 
company, when in reality its 
corporate home is found in 
Texas, though its individual 
company 
headquarters 
are 

in Detroit. A quick look at 
Shinola’s website can give a 
fair bit of perspective. Watches 
aren’t manufactured in Detroit, 
but rather assembled using 
sourced parts from suppliers 
in Europe (the cheapest among 
them being ~$550). In addition 
to that, you’ll find $500 leather 
boxing gloves, $1,500 fixed-
gear bicycles and $50 felt 
pennants adorned with the 
Shinola logo as well as a $15,000 
“vintage” American flag.

Shinola 
bills 
itself 
as 
a 

company that works for the 
people of Detroit, but in reality, 
it’s a trendy way for wealthy 
residents of Bloomfield Hills or 
Grosse Pointe (or even Chicago, 
in my case) to feign a sense of 
empathy for Detroit’s problems. 
When a company that claims 
to serve the city of Detroit is 
trying to front a piece of fabric 
that costs more than a brand 
new car, one can’t help but 
think there are other motives 
at play.

I don’t really have a problem 

stomaching 
many 
of 
the 

byproducts 
of 
the 
Detroit 

revitalization 
movement, 
or 

the waves of gentrification 
that have come with it. All 
things considered, trying to 
generate a sense of positivity 
in a city blighted by a storm of 
poverty and despair isn’t really 
a negative thing. But Shinola’s 
insistence 
on 
perpetuating 

the idea that “Detroit isn’t as 
terrible as you thought, and 
here are some shiny, expensive 
products to prove it” does more 
harm than good for the people 
of Detroit.

By simply choosing Detroit 

as a backdrop for its products, 
Shinola thinks it’s better than 
other companies in the same 
business. Their ad campaigns 
feature smiling white people 
riding their expensive bicycles 
on 
city 
streets 
juxtaposed 

with 
smiling 
little 
Black 

children rapping, with their 
CEO remarking how residents 
of the city are “really nice” 
and “looked you in the eye,” 
as if the people of Detroit 
aren’t as savage as outsiders 
thought. There isn’t a genuine 
intent to see Detroit improve 
on the part of Shinola. They 
hope that by using Detroit as 
Shinola’s puppet, they can push 
a caricatured ideal of what it 
means to invest in America 
and cities like Detroit. I can’t 
see Shinola’s business model 
defaulting on their intended 
goals anytime soon, but for the 
sake of Detroit and its residents, 
remaining conscious of the 
reality of Shinola’s business 
practices would be a good first 
step to take.

STYLE NOTEBOOK

‘Crime Story’ takes a 
bold look at O.J. case

By SAM ROSENBERG

Daily Arts Writer

Along with the multitude of 

other shows Ryan Murphy is pro-
ducing at the moment, “American 
Crime Story” 
is an anthol-
ogy 
series 

that acts as 
a 
companion 

piece to Mur-
phy’s 
other 

popular 
FX 

show “Ameri-
can 
Horror 

Story.” For its 
first 
season, 

“American 
Crime Story” 
takes the audi-
ence back to 
the 1990s and 
the 1994 trial 
of football star 
and actor O.J. Simpson. Arguably 
one of the most notorious trials 
in recent history, the O.J. Simp-
son case and its not guilty verdict 
still resonates with people to this 
day. This is an event that divided 
an entire nation, that the media 
made a huge spectacle of and that 

many already know the outcome 
of. But with daring camerawork, 
intelligent writing and spec-
tacular acting from a talented 
cast, “American Crime Story” 
is already setting standards for 
gritty television drama.

The show’s opener, “From the 

Ashes of Tragedy,” thrusts the 
audience into the story of O.J.’s 
trial, moving swiftly from one 
sequence to the next. It opens on 
a rather dour but relevant note: 
archival footage of the Rodney 
King beating and the subse-
quent 1992 L.A. riots. Though 
the Rodney King trial doesn’t 
hold a direct connection to O.J. 
Simpson’s case, the parallelism 
between the two signifies how 
the show wants to be perceived 
as not just a commentary about 
race, class and culture clashes, 
but about America itself. While 
it’s only the first episode, “From 
the Ashes of Tragedy” covers a 
lot of fascinating material, from 
the cops finding Nicole Brown 
Simpson and Ronald Goldman’s 
dead bodies in front of Brown’s 
condo to O.J.’s suicidal behavior.

Cuba Gooding Jr. delivers 

an emotionally stirring perfor-
mance as the season’s titular 
character, probably his best since 
his Oscar-winning role in the 
1996 sports drama “Jerry Magu-
ire.” Though he looks and sounds 
nothing like his real-life counter-
part, Gooding Jr. emulates O.J.’s 
charisma, aggressiveness, pill-
popping habits and despair dur-
ing the most devastating moment 
of his life. David Schwimmer 
(“Friends”) does his best in con-
veying Robert Kardashian, one 
of O.J.’s closest friends, despite 
somewhat whitewashing the role 
(Robert Kardashian was 100% 
Armenian). 
University 
alum 

Selma Blair (“Legally Blonde”) 
also makes a powerful impres-
sion as Kardashian’s ex-wife and 
current reality show gem Kris 
Jenner, evoking both Jenner’s 
physical features and personal-
ity. Though John Travolta (“Wild 
Hogs”) matches the mannerisms 
of O.J.’s confidant and defense 
lawyer Robert Shapiro, he falters 
slightly by giving an exaggerated 
caricature of Shapiro’s character 
rather than a three-dimensional 
portrayal.

On the other side of the O.J. 

case is Marcia Clark, played 
devilishly by “American Horror 
Story” favorite Sarah Paulson. 
In addition to Paulson, the best 
performance comes from Court-
ney B. Vance (“Joyful Noise”) 
as Johnnie Cochran, a TV per-
sonality and the integral lawyer 
in O.J.’s defense and criminal 
acquittal. In the brief moments 
he appears on-screen, Vance 
steals every scene he’s in with 

his gripping presence and says 
some of the episode’s best lines. 
During one tense scene between 
Cochran 
and 
his 
co-worker 

and ultimate rival Christopher 
Darden 
(Sterling 
K. 
Brown, 

“Supernatural”), Vance chilling-
ly utters, “The world needs more 
Black men willing to make a dif-
ference.” Amen to that.

The 
behind-the-scenes 

craft 
of 
“American 
Crime 

Story” is almost as good, if 
not better than the show’s 
actual 
depiction 
of 
events 

on-screen. Screenwriting duo 
Scott Alexander and Larry 
Karaszewski 
(“Goosebumps”) 

create 
powerful 
dialogue, 

while 
executive 
producer 

Murphy directs the episode 
with exceptional skill. The 
cinematography 
is 
well-

executed and immersive, with 
the camera capturing some 
fantastic close-ups and wide 
shots. 
Interestingly 
enough, 

two specific shots give some 
insight 
into 
O.J.’s 
moral 

ambiguity: both show O.J. from 
the back, the first being when 
he discovers the death of his 
ex-wife over the phone and the 
second being when he stands 
over her body at her funeral. 
We understand O.J.’s pain and 
suffering, but showing only his 
back clearly conveys some of 
his character’s restraint and 
uncertainty. It’s as agonizing 
and frustrating as one would 
expect when thinking about the 
ethical dilemmas imbued in the 
O.J. trial. The episode’s very 
last scene — O.J. escaping from 
the cops in a white Ford Bronco 
that would become an infamous 
chase on the freeway — makes 
it 
all 
the 
more 
haunting, 

especially with Nina Simone’s 
“I Shall Be Released” scoring 
the final seconds. 

The 
deeply 
rooted 
issues 

within the O.J. Simpson trial still 
exist today. The show poses tough 
questions about the case (the most 
important being: Did O.J. really 
do it?) — and doesn’t give many 
answers. But luckily, what “Amer-
ican Crime Story” has done, and 
will most likely continue to do, 
is highlight the case as a way of 
engaging viewers in having an 
honest conversation about what’s 
going on in our society, whether 
it’s about issues of race, class, 
fame or America as a whole.

Shinola thinks 
it’s better than 

any other 
company.

A-

American 
Crime 
Story: The 
People 
vs. O.J. 
Simpson

Series Premiere

Tuesdays at 

10 p.m.

FX

FX

Let the record show that the defendant was great in “Snow Dogs.”

TV REVIEW

R.I.P. SPOT SULPIZIO, 

15-AND-A-HALF YEARS 

YOUNG (78 IN DOG YEARS)

ENJOY EATING TOMATOES 

OFF THE VINE IN BEAGLE 

HEAVEN

Not just about 

race, but 

America itself.

