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...movies. Picabia painted textured abstracts that had nothing but a few primitive dots on them resembling enlarged points of light. (In 1950, the art critic for TIME said they had "all the monotony and none of the scientific interest" of astronomical photos.) And he painted gaudy, figurative scenes of absurd blonde nudes in boudoirs...
...politics. The formation of Dowling II is an important step towards reforming student government at Harvard. The UC has already had 26 years to reform itself from within. Considering past failed attempts at internal reform, the UC’s desire to select its own reviewers is even more absurd. Giving charge to the same people who have yet to successfully effect structural change will only lead to continued failure and widespread disillusionment with Harvard’s student government. The administration should consider all applications to the committee without a UC-run screening process. Perhaps if this time around...
...Driving Miss Daisy” all get their own indie treatments, to the delight of those within and without the film. Gondry turns the audience into children again, as they giddily await each brilliant novelty.Comedic foil Black makes for a great pied piper. He brings a manic, absurd energy to his character that doesn’t ask viewers to suspend their disbelief so much as thrash them into submission. Exuberance and relentlessness on his part make up for Mos Def’s hopelessly awkward dialogue: he mumbles, murmurs, and slurs his words so frequently that its difficult...
...words in my mouth, but IGP is certainly a big step up. Comedy doesn’t come from a bunch of one-liners; it comes from having funny relationships, real relationships. It comes from building a scene that people really care about, and then, when something crazy or absurd happens, that’s when it really gets funny.RR: Well, then shouldn’t the group be named something like the Long-Term Gratification Players?AW: Well, when you’re doing it as often as we do, and you’re building as many relationships...
...unwillingness of characters to open themselves up and become vulnerable, but by the end, everyone is still more shut than is expected.Still, Beane’s play ultimately accomplishes a great deal: four memorable, often riotously funny characters are crafted out of a series of delicate interactions, satirizing the absurd, cut-throat world of Hollywood. Most remarkably, the play creates an accurate, realistic relationship between Alex and Mitchell for the majority of the play’s duration, presenting it exactly as it is and nothing more.“The Little Dog Laughed” serves up the human?...