Consuming Rituals of the Suburban Tribe Consuming Rituals of the Suburban Tribe

By LAWRENCE OSBORNE

Angela Macri crouches beneath the shower nozzle and blinks into the blazing lights of a one-person film crew. The shower curtain has been drawn back so that her movements are exposed to the camera; Macri seems a little nervous as she adjusts the faucets.

''Look up a moment,'' says Terri Marlowe, the camerawoman, as she checks the light reading.