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...whole point ofLife is Beautiful is that Guido must keephis dopey, funny face on from start to finish inorder to combat the horrors of Nazism. As such,the role ends up being fundamentallyuncomplicated. There is no way that Benigni'sperformance here can compete with the nuanced andcomplex star turns of the other nominees. We mustnote, though, that he did inexplicably take tophonors at the Screen Actors Guild Awards earlierthis month...
...that aretruly bloody, a Byzantine political atmosphere aslurid and conspiratorial as our own and a gleamingfeminist jewel in the center of the spectacle--itsElizabeth is decidedly archaic. Despite theexcellent work of Cate Blanchett, who resemblesthe real Queen Elizabeth to an astonishing degree,her character is seldom as active, charismatic andcomplex as the historical queen must have been.Perhaps if the film's plotting were lessconvoluted, perhaps if Blanchett's Elizabeth weremore appealing, perhaps if we saw Elizabethstruggle more with her own sovereignty, the filmmight truly give us a queen to be reckoned with.Instead, we have something prettily filmed, and alot less...
...right in thinking that I'd meet new andexciting people. Bet I was wrong to think thatestablishing intimacy with such delicate andcomplex men and women would be easy. I've livedwith Ashvin for three years now and we've got onemore to go. That first year was only a tiny partof the development of our friendship. Happenedthat he had a girlfriend who demanded all of histime and went on psychotic rampages when heresisted. Jenny, too, had a boyfriend, although hewas quite sane. These people, and some others,would eventually bring me enormous comfort. But Ihad a ways to go before...
Most administrators and faculty members agreethat the University has grown too large andcomplex for the president to do an adequate job ofacademic planning alone, though some are concernedthat the post might create a new layer of bureaucracy
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