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...said, the Hughes brothers deserve commendation for considerable, tasteful restraint in the, um, execution of the actual murders. Much is left to the imagination, as subtle shadows obscure physical wounds or the deliberate panning away of the camera leaves much violence out of the frame, even if the gory aftermath of the deceased remains in plain sight. In the Hughes’ Menace II Society, the gritty urban ghetto was reflected in brutal, excessive violence, whereas here, in restrained Victorian England, with the slums looking cleaner than ever; much remains sanitized until all hell breaks loose. That the brothers...
...that, for a while there, it didn’t look like patriotism had totally eclipsed irony in the things-that-define-us-as-American category. In the immediate aftermath of the attacks, once it became clear that it was time for grandiose societal assessment, Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair and co-founder of Spy magazine (a now-defunct ’80s irony pioneer), and the rest of the Carter bandwagon declared irony defunct. Carter announced to the media magazine Inside.com in mid-September that “it?...
...effects of the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks were highly visible at yesterday’s meeting...
...panel concluded the discussion by looking at what U.S. responsibilities would be in the aftermath of war with Afghanistan, a consideration which Ignatieff said most American citizens had not yet faced...
...does it strike a sour note. In the aftermath of one awful moment, we've finally come to understand what our parents meant by a cause larger than ourselves. We're hungry for a way to help the war effort, honor the dead and help the survivors. We're not shunning the perfect marbled steak at Morton's for want of a tax break but because it feels wrong with planes being shot at in Afghanistan...