Word: aspect
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...motions of change, of "coming of age." This psychological change is paralleled or rather symbolized by a slow loss of weight and a gaining of beauty. She becomes slowly aware of a new sexual identity growing along with her intellectual capacities, and it is really on this aspect of her odyssey that the novel dwells. This sexual flowering as a physical manifestation of Jane's spiritual awakening has rather disturbing implications. She begins the novel as a pudgy, insecure nonentity and she finishes it as a slender, successful, pretty non-entity. Her "change" is really the fulfilling of a chauvinistic...
...director deals with one aspect of the multiple mini-plots very well. The issue of introducing each character's name and personality presents a promising opening to the film. Carroll throws the personas at the audience in a whirlwind of brief conversations and interactions for each character clinched with their written name appearing on the screen. It is obvious that the director understood the confusion that could result from a menagerie of seemingly unrelated stories and effectively compensates with the introduction. Unfortunately, this only keeps the knotted plot untangled momentarily, as you quickly become mired in the intrinsic flaws associated...
...most valuable aspect of the movie is the ontological crisis casting director Eddie (Sean Penn) undergoes. One could argue that you don't need a screen version of this play to figure this out, but really this movie can be seen as another attempt at a definitive stage version: Rabe strongly disagreed with Mike Nicholas' 1984 Broadway version, revised the play after directing it himself in 1988 and now finally takes another crack at it with this screen adaptation of beautiful downtown 1998. Many of Rabe's revisions heightened the themes of destiny and accident (e.g engineered or semi-engineered...
...architecture of the Hancock tower is definitely striking. Sure, it's big, but the impressive aspect of the building is that is completely made of reflective glass and aggressive angles. Although it is fairly shocking to catch sight of yourself in the wall, the Hancock also reflects beautiful images of Trinity Church and Copley Square along with the posse of skaters who flock around the fountain next store and perch with the pigeons on the statue of Phillips Brooks. But back to the security issues. The Hancock is not exactly the site of surreptitious government activity or important UN operations...
...ward off the post-Valentine's emotional doldrums as well. McDonough is a firm believer in the mental benefits of exercise, and explains that "exercise releases endorphins in the brain" that are often cited as the source of an exercise high. "I'm no medical authority, but the mental aspect of exercise is huge. The endorphins put you in a good mood." But what's better, a chocolate rush or an endorphine high...