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Batman Suite in Taiwan: $50 for 3 Hours of Batman Heaven
Filed under: Movie News, Cinematical
Usually when we hear about theme hotels, they're some crumbling, cheap, decades-old facades for an over-priced and kinda skeezy overnight tryst. There will be a prop or three, some theme-applicable paint colors and maybe a heart-shaped tub, but that'll be it.
But Taiwan is upping the ante a bit for movie lovers eager to live out their cinematic fantasies. Well, one cinematic fantasy in particular, for those who follow the bat signal. The Eden Exoticism Planet Hotel created an actual Bat Cave that movie fiends and Dark Knight lovers can enjoy. But it comes at a price that might keep the kiddies at home -- $50 for three hours. Obviously, this is designed for awake play and not overnight, sleepy fantasies -- it's in a love motel.
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Curvy + hairy + size 10 = real woman? | Mind your language
As 'unreal woman' becomes the new pariah, let's have more honesty and clarity about body image
"Real", says the Oed, means actually existing, genuine. It's often used to signal a contrast with something unreal, fake or conceptual. Thus real fruit content, real diamonds, real life. Where there's no doubt, we don't use it.
So why the craze for "real women"? There's Amanda Platell in the Daily Mail, proclaiming: "Even the original stick insect Victoria Beckham has jumped on the real woman bandwagon and designed her entire range around feminine curves." And then Alice Fisher and Helen Seamons in the Observer discussing Issa designer Daniella Helayel, whose clothes "are for real women who are, like herself, 'full of curves'."
We may not know what the real woman does or thinks, but we do know she's all about appearance. She' s curvy. But curvy like size 12? Size 16? No one's willing to say.»
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