Critics charge that we are headed towards a homogeneous global culture of the "least common denominator"--a McDonaldization or, in the performance arts, arguably a Madonnization.

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Kind of how you'd install an operating system, automatically receive some baseline functionality using least-common-denominator hardware drivers, then install specialized drivers for your machine's video, sound, and network cards?

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Another common denominator for those four teams: star power and at least one player whom Knick fans despise.

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