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...recognize him as normal. We see him first applying for a job as a cabbie, showing the innocent, boyish humor which will appear later in his awkward pursuit of the senator's aide Betsy, the angelic vision in white. We see him inexplicably frequenting the porn theaters of 42nd Street, then deciding in the name of cleaning things up to take up target practice and toughen his flesh via fire. Finally, he has transformed, or, more accurately, his mind has turned inside out for all to see. With a dramatically different physical appearance, Travis now packs weapons, most notably...
...42nd annual conference of Harvard Model United Nations (HMUN), a branch of the International Relations Council, began Thursday evening and will conclude Sunday afternoon. More than 150 Harvard students will also participate in the conference as officers and staff members...
...craft eludes him. A mild gag here--the mispronouncing of Gianni Versace's name--is tortured into an endless motif. Nomi has a clouded past, but that doesn't explain why she is such a gratingly annoying creature. The giddiest moment in this All About Evil by way of 42nd Street comes when a club owner is asked whether the revue should close down because the star is out sick. "Not a chance!" he actually says. "The show goes...
Meanwhile, the good people of alt.politics.clinton still appear to be divided on almost all issues concerning our 42nd president, but over at alt.music.pearl-jam there was a consensus growing that the correct lyrics to Yellow Ledbetter had been found. Things seemed calm at alt.philosophy.zen, one discussion of zazen culminating with advice from a user going by the name Sleater, "You need only listen to the whisper in your own heart. My brain is only a reflection of yours...
...high-concept, image-driven entertainment, on stage as well as in the rest of popular culture, the ascendancy of what is maybe Chekhov's least eventful major drama comes as a surprise. Louis Malle's movie adaptation, Vanya on 42nd Street, has become an unexpected art-house success. This nicely calibrated play-within-a-film, starring Wallace Shawn as Vanya, follows a New York City theater company that is rehearsing the play. Two more film versions are in the works-one directed by and starring Anthony Hopkins; the other an Australian version from British stage director Michael Blakemore...