Correct answers are: A&E and Nike

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What happens when there is nothing left to spoof?

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Does Charlie Murphy really yell "I GOT TASTE?" And what are we supposed to buy? I need to know!

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Hua Hsu teaches in the English Department at Vassar College and writes about music, sports, and culture. His work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New York Times, Bookforum, Slate, The Village Voice, The Boston Globe Ideas section and The Wire (for whom he writes a bi-monthly column). He is on the editorial board for the New Literary History of America.

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