Word: angers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite the boycott of the capital campaign and the general anger of Radcliffe alumnae at the slow process, administrators say it is unlikely the coming years will see any dramatic upswing in the tenuring of women...
...character of Caliban (Jack Willis) also goes against convention. Instead of a quick-tempered, bestial brute, Daniels casts Caliban as a calm, wry cynic. He thus lends a shrewd, cynical edge to lines usually spoken in anger or resentment: "You taught me language; and my profit on't is, I know how to curse; the red plague rid you for learning me your language...
...repeatedly, and late-night meetings turned into desperate pre-dawn sessions seeking to put issues back on track and, finally, to seal the overall agreement. Tempers were frazzled, sensibilities were hurt and resentments flared. Holbrooke, who is credited with being the locomotive of the talks, operated with gradations of anger. "He frequently used words that are not quotable," says a European diplomat who was there. "I don't think there is anyone Holbrooke didn't yell at at least once...
After this prolonged exercise in futility, the audience identifies with Amin's anger and irritation with Bobby for trying to coerce a 63-year-old man with a heart condition to take a dangerous drug. Even more amazing is Bobby's impotence in effecting his desired outcome. Indeed this movie purports to follow spontaneous scenarios, but when Bobby does attempt to control his family, he only succeeds in torturing them and the audience...
Finally, the film ends as it began, with a monologue from Bobby during which he suddenly recognizes his father's gift to D, as a generous and non-judging act. Erasing his former anger towards George for encouraging D.'s drinking. Bobby realizes how beautifully accepting his father can be. Tearfully concluding that this must be the miracle he hoped for, he restores his faith in God and in the success of his movie...