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...almost gets the steal, but fouls. Mavraides to the line for two shots. His first two points of the night are huge, as the team goes...
...cherry blossoms, for instance, or the impressive Mount Fuji—their prevalence trivializes Rudi’s earnest attempt to reconcile his past wrongs with a renewed love for his wife. As generic and exaggerated symbols, their impact wanes by the story’s conclusion.Succumbing to mortality almost as soon as it reaches the peak of its blooming season, the image of the cherry blossom may be effective in grounding certain larger themes in perspective. Regrettably, in reference to the film’s unique take on a subject already revered for generations, the innovation gets lost...
...sorry if we’re running a little behind.” He shook his head. “You could care less about duty, couldn’t you.”“Duty!” I almost died laughing. “I left the necklaces at home if that’s what you’re so tart about.”“Winnie, do you even feel sorry that Trent died?”“Do you?”He tried to gasp but I spit...
...making Cambridge one of few cities to have a formal street performer program; even though the city of Boston now permits street performing, there is no established organization that oversees the newly legal practice. For the price of $40 and the time it takes to complete a short application, almost anyone in Cambridge can turn the city streets into his or her own stage. “We don’t do an audition,” Weeks says. “We want to make [the program] as broad as possible. Anybody that professes to be a performer...
...noticed the trend of her roles, but I was intrigued by the fact that she is an alumnus of Cornell. Had this Ivy Leaguer gone bad or just totally nuts? I decided to talk to Carla Gallo herself and put the whole story together.Her acting career began almost simultaneously with her undergraduate career when she was cast in David O. Russell’s first acclaimed film, “Spanking the Monkey,” during the summer between her performing arts high school graduation and her first semester at Cornell. When it seemed likely that filming would conflict...