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heroin chic

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heroin chic
n
the perceived glamorization of heroin and the characteristics associated with heroin addicts, such as gauntness and hollow eyes


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QUEEN Stuart Townsend, in a fit Townsend's straggly of diva worship, gets down heroin chic mop on his knees and sucks is strictly mid '90s.
But what makes it so much more than that is that, well, it's in Berlin, the city of Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (the original, 1970s version), of heroin chic, of David Bowie's "Heroes," of the Love Parade.
Directed by Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright Michael Cristofer (``The Shadow Box''), after reworking a script by novelist Jay McInerney (``Bright Lights, Big City''), ``Gia'' is the grim story of Gia Marie Carangi, a model who basically invented heroin chic, had a short career and died of AIDS in 1986.
 
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