The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby
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The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby is Tom Wolfe’s groundbreaking 1965 collection of New Journalism essays that vividly chronicles American pop culture, consumerism, and social change in the early 1960s.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby Context triple: [Tom Wolfe, notableWork, The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby]
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A.
The Red Rider
"The Red Rider" is a 1934 American Western film serial featuring action-packed frontier adventure and starring Buck Jones.
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B.
Stiltsville
Stiltsville is a historic collection of wooden stilt houses built over the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay near Miami, Florida.
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C.
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures is a bestselling children's picture book by comedian and writer B. J. Novak that uses only text and playful typography to create a humorous, read-aloud experience without any illustrations.
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D.
Razzle Dazzle
"Razzle Dazzle" is a 1955 rock and roll song by Bill Haley & His Comets that helped popularize the energetic, dance-oriented style of early rock music.
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E.
The Man with the Yellow Hat
The Man with the Yellow Hat is the kind, patient caretaker and friend of Curious George in the classic children's book and television series.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby Target entity description: The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby is Tom Wolfe’s groundbreaking 1965 collection of New Journalism essays that vividly chronicles American pop culture, consumerism, and social change in the early 1960s.
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A.
The Red Rider
"The Red Rider" is a 1934 American Western film serial featuring action-packed frontier adventure and starring Buck Jones.
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B.
Stiltsville
Stiltsville is a historic collection of wooden stilt houses built over the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay near Miami, Florida.
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C.
The Book with No Pictures
The Book with No Pictures is a bestselling children's picture book by comedian and writer B. J. Novak that uses only text and playful typography to create a humorous, read-aloud experience without any illustrations.
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D.
Razzle Dazzle
"Razzle Dazzle" is a 1955 rock and roll song by Bill Haley & His Comets that helped popularize the energetic, dance-oriented style of early rock music.
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E.
The Man with the Yellow Hat
The Man with the Yellow Hat is the kind, patient caretaker and friend of Curious George in the classic children's book and television series.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
essay collection
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non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Tom Wolfe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Las Vegas (What?) Las Vegas (Can’t Hear You! Too Noisy) Las Vegas!!!!
NERFINISHED
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The Fifth Beatle NERFINISHED ⓘ The Girl of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby (title essay) NERFINISHED ⓘ There Goes (Varoom! Varoom!) That Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReception | widely acclaimed ⓘ |
| depicts |
American advertising culture
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emerging celebrity icons of the 1960s ⓘ mass media spectacle ⓘ |
| describedAs |
groundbreaking collection of essays
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landmark work of American non-fiction ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
celebrity culture
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custom car culture ⓘ status symbols in American life ⓘ youth culture ⓘ |
| followedBy | The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
New Journalism
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literary journalism ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasStyle |
highly descriptive prose
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satirical tone ⓘ use of onomatopoeia and exclamation ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of New Journalism in the 1960s
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later narrative non-fiction writers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | New Journalism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American pop culture
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consumerism ⓘ social change in the United States ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
pioneering use of fictional techniques in journalism
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vivid narrative style ⓘ |
| partOf | Tom Wolfe bibliography ⓘ |
| precededBy | Tom Wolfe’s magazine journalism of the early 1960s ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | early 1960s ⓘ |
| timeOfContext |
postwar American prosperity
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pre-counterculture 1960s America ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | slang description of a customized car paint job ⓘ |
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