The theatre also helps partly to explain his fascination with rich costumes.
The overall effect of a Burra painting is of an intricately worked-out design showing, on one level, a Renaissance grasp of solid geometry, but on another, a fascination with rich and abundant detail.
Television shows and magazines have always presented the rich as objects of fascination but usually portrayed their lives as exotic and fanciful -- as opposed to ones to which ordinary people should aspire.
Combining the sort of conspiracy theory that made Dan Brown rich with the endless fascination of Jerusalem, Raff and Kring set their story at the nexus of Christianity, Judaism and Islam.
The Harvard Theater Collection's current Ballets Russes exhibition is first-rate (despite a few minor caption errors), rich with revelations, curiosities, fascinations and beauties.
For instance, you could write, "Scotland is a fascinating country, and part of its fascination lies in its rich natural resources".
Is it possible that our fascination with the rich reflects some flaw in the nation's value structure that cuts across class lines?
"There's an ongoing cultural fascination with this rich drama that plays out in your own home," said Lucy Kaylin, who did dozens of interviews for her 2007 nonfiction book, "The Perfect Stranger: The Truth About Mothers and Nannies" (Bloomsbury).
The title novella, which features a woman who wants to portray the skater Nancy Kerrigan in a television movie, is a miniature masterpiece that holds a dirty mirror up to our often obsessive fascination with the rich and famous.
Jim and I also bonded over our interest in political economic theory; he accepted my dislike of the atheism of objectivism, and we shared a fascination with the rich US history of gold--an interest that has continued on to Anthem.
