Word: actioner
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...search for ways to cope. Following the bombing of American embassies in Africa by Muslim extremists and other escalating terrorist advances against the U.S., the film depicts events very similar to those that are happening around us, much as Primary Colors did about the Clinton sex scandal. An action film taught with suspense, The Siege has also raised the ire of Arab-American groups fuming at yet another portrayal of Arabs as crazed religious zealots and bombers. The Siege has many shortfalls, including two-dimensional characters. The Siege has its thrills and suspenses, and its big name cast shouldn...
...really miffed by the supposed lack of Faculty diversity, there is nothing stopping them from launching a vocal movement. In the meantime, the lack of such a movement is an indication that most of us are perfectly content with the progress of the University's already vigorous affirmative action programs...
...offragmented tableaux like those of a film, whereeach scene is stylistically and convincinglyexecuted. In fact, the achievement of directorPete Wilson '99 lies in his sensitive productionof the divisions in the script. What could wellhave been a technical nightmare-the disparaterealities of Stine and Stone-is slickly overcomewith juxtapositions, stop-action andinstant-reverse stage-play. At points, the setsand music are manipulated with skill to slip fromone world to another. It is the generalprofessionalism of the production that makes theever-present mic trouble annoying in contrast. Infull, this production demonstrates a very strongconceptual foundation, as evidenced by the sightand light designs...
Rounding out Ivy League action in Philadelphia, the Crimson became victims to Quaker revenge. Last year in Cambridge, the Crimson defeated Penn 33-0, clinching the Ivy League title. This year, however, things were a bit different, as the Quaker 41-10 win guaranteed Penn at least a share of the Ivy League Crown...
Rounding out weekend action, Yale travels north to Cambridge for The Game. Yale, winners of three of their last four, is tied for second place with an outside shot at a tie for the Ivy League Crown...