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...bound by the laws of society, propriety and humility. It is only when the king can beg forgiveness of his own servant that he is fit to resume the character of a pompous, eccentric, yet charming monarch. The interaction between Willis and the king is crucial to the arc of the play and for the restoration of order from the political turmoil of the king's madness...
...eaten by the wolf. It is here at the allegorical level that von Trier is most capable, he takes us on a ride through the trial of woman, and the test her love is put through. One might even say that Selma is von Trier's Joan of Arc or Job, a character who is constantly humiliated and questioned in a unforgiving world for her unhesitating love. She is pure and childlike, resisting the constraints of the social order, even to the point of self-negation. Von Trier thus is not cold and mechanical to his protagonist (although he could...
...what do they do? They trade their best rebounder, Ewing, for yet another shooter. Granted, Rice is a three-time All-Star who has shot over 40% from beyond the arc for his career...
...assignments was not made for the confession format. Gore goofed by merely shaking hands ("No kiss?" Oprah wondered aloud). Worse, he pulled the curtain back only on Tipper's depression, rather than serving up any dark night of his own soul. Bush, on the other hand, delivered the emotional arc Oprah's fans tune in for, speaking of God and his battle with alcohol. The money shot was a tear in his eye, better even than Clinton's lip biting, as he described Laura's difficult pregnancy. His eyes still glistened after the commercial break...
That's right. There are only so many times I can stare at a picture of Marion Jones draped in an American flag, listen to someone interview Kerri Strug like she's the next Joan of Arc, or hear about another Dream Team trouncing before I want to pick up my remote and switch to "Cops" or "Survivor" to see some real life...