In 1947, when Forbes magazine published its 30th anniversary issue, it selected Lancaster, Ohio, as the quintessential representation of the all-American town.
(Entertainment Weekly gave the movie a "D," writing, "[Star Nancy Allen] comes uncannily close to reproducing the state of catatonia that 'Memories of Murder' will induce in anyone who watches it").. "Wildflower," on the other hand, is the quintessential representation of what Lifetime movies might have been in their purest form.
Under his bravado, there remains a rather ethereal core--an oxymoron that inevitably allows the hidden metaphors to serve as the quintessential representation of both the soft and hard dimensions of his music.
But what was most interesting to me about the meme Big Boi posted was that Florida Evans, the most marginalized, although beloved, black mother in the history of television, was presented as the quintessential representation.
Really, the infuriation over the cover has less to do with the magazine and more to do with the undeniable recognition that Kim Kardashian functions as a quintessential representation of this given moment.
Holiday may have written just a small amount of material -- including the song "Fine and Mellow" and the lyrics to "Don't Explain" and "God Bless the Child" -- but those songs endure as quintessential representations of her art and life.
Trader Vic--Victor Bergeron--ran an eponymous chain of restaurants that became the quintessential representations of post-WWII tiki and exotica culture: tiki mugs, bamboo décor, a good strong rum drink, Martin Denny soundtrack, and the proverbial "whole lot of crazy crap on the walls".
Mallett, of course, is known for its quintessential English antiques.
The spirit of the 1960s found its quintessential articulation in Pentti Saarikoski's Mitä tapahtuu todella?
Britpop was at its peak, Loaded was the magazine of the moment and Skinner was its quintessential "new lad".
One of its quintessential ingredients was the "Locals" chitchat column, which served up such morsels as "Mrs. Alva Underwood visited her daughter, Eula Gene, in Denton last week.
