Word: allen
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...even as fine translator as Pinsky or Allen Mandelbaum (whose 1980 black verse translation of the Comedy is a Harvard classroom staple) cannot convey the full effect of Dante's dark anaphora that opens the thirteenth canto: six of the first eight lines begin with the word "Non," producing a hauntingly landscape of negation...
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Ironically, the inspiration for this comic look at matrimony from a woman's point of view comes from a man--the film's writer, producer and director, David Frankel '81. Though influenced by both Woody Allen and Nora Ephorn, Frankel creates a unique female comic role which is neither neurotic nor sappy. Through sharp dialogue and a genuinely funny performance from Parker, Frankel refreshingly portrays love...
Parker, who has perenially played the "girlfriend" role in films, was enthusiastic about her role in "Miami Rhapsody" as copy-writer Gwyn Marcus, who is reminiscient of a young female Woody Allen character. "[She is] so dimensional, so fleshed out, so full of all the things that make us human, as opposed to what we generally see on screen in terms of womens' roles...
Touching on the film's similarities to Allen's writing, Parker said the prevalence of witty one-liners emitted by Gwyn, was daunting. Her mouth is her defense mechanism. "My biggest concern, in fact my only concern, when I read the script, was how many punch lines she had; and how to deliver all of them...