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  • He's about to make his full Edinburgh debut with a show called Purist (at the Pleasance Cellar, 4-29 Aug), which he promises won't contain either "narrative, themes or a voyage of self-discovery."

    This week's new live comedy 2010

  • Purist, that is, except Dr. Manhattan, who was brought into existence by Photoshop.

    Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets 2009

  • Darren Zenko wrote in The Toronto Star: Canadian SF writer and broadcaster Minister Faust author of the recent novel From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain agrees that Blade Runner's reputation opened Hollywood doors to the representatives of the Dick estate, but disagrees as to the artistic merit of Scott's hard-boiled adaptation, illustrating a hard and often hard-argued division between what might be called the Purist and Relativist approaches to cinematic Dick.

    Minister Faust throws down on Blade Runner in defense of Philip K. Dick 2007

  • Darren Zenko wrote in The Toronto Star: Canadian SF writer and broadcaster Minister Faust author of the recent novel From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain agrees that Blade Runner's reputation opened Hollywood doors to the representatives of the Dick estate, but disagrees as to the artistic merit of Scott's hard-boiled adaptation, illustrating a hard and often hard-argued division between what might be called the Purist and Relativist approaches to cinematic Dick.

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • Great to see that another radical sub party has become part of the Republican "Purist" party.

    Palin, Bachmann to headline Tea Party convention 2009

  • "Purist" is a word I really don't like to see critics using, with its implication that there's something wrong with commenting unfavorably on a singer's weaknesses or suitability for a role or repertory.

    More Behrens Lisa Hirsch 2009

  • "Purist" is a word I really don't like to see critics using, with its implication that there's something wrong with commenting unfavorably on a singer's weaknesses or suitability for a role or repertory.

    Archive 2009-08-01 Lisa Hirsch 2009

  • I consider myself a "Purist" of the character and what he represents, so whether it's Adam West, Brave and Bold, Detective Comics, Batman

    Mania News Feed Joe Oesterle 2010

  • Great to see that another radical sub party has become part of the Republican "Purist" party.

    unknown title 2009

  • Oftentimes people tell me, "You're a purist and mainstream Americans do not support those ideas and solutions" or, "Purist politics and policies only attract others on the fringe-left."

    Christian Avard: "Only the mood music has changed": Tariq Ali on Obama's presidency Christian Avard 2010

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