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April 13, 1998 Issue
"We were like every mall kid you ever saw, only we got the sons of six gangsters in the Tanglewood parking lot almost every night."
-- Darin Mazzarella, "Mall Rats"
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| FEATURES School Maze BY SUSAN BRENNA If you’re a good student who didn’t make the cut at Stuyvesant, you might think you’d be first in line at the next best school. Think again. A look at ten hot alternative public high schools -- and the quota system that keeps smart kids out and seems to favor low achievers. Mall Rats The Mafia of GoodFellas and The Godfather is dead or in jail. Today’s violent young gangsters live in the suburbs, hang at the mall, and pay lip service to their elders while turning on each other and hustling movie deals. An inside look at the new face of disorganized crime. Boogie Knight Ronnie Larsen made his name with 10 Naked Men and Making Porn -- crass sex comedies written to entertain gay audiences. Will his new Peep Show find similar success with the straight crowd? Continental Cooking The European fall collections take their cues from our side of the pond: casual, sporty looks luxed up with lots of fur. | GOTHAM A ministry for models; remembering Bella Abzug GOTHAM STYLE A Fashion Week sketchbook DEPARTMENTS A grizzly mess: When the bear market comes, it’s going to bite The Underground Gourmet Shanghai surprises: The Chinese city’s sophisticated cooking comes to Bayard Street MARKETPLACE Happy hunting: Easter treats and gifts that go far beyond the chocolate bunny Sales & Bargains Spa cuisine: The Peninsula’s personal treatments and S. Feldman’s gourmet cookware
| THE ARTS Movies BY DAVID DENBY David Mamet’s The Spanish Prisoner is full of con artists, all of whom speak perfect Mametese Classical Music An astonishing period ensemble brings Rameau to BAM CUE Intelligencer |