Word: badness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...originated them unforgettable." This sentiment is uttered by the king's son in reflecting upon the situation of Anna and his father. Unfortunately, the same can be said about the movie. Though its vignettes are charming and picturesque enough, they lack a unifying, moving message. This is not a bad film--it is entertaining enough to watch the schoolchildren, their instruction by Anna, the arguments between Anna and the king, the revolutionary elements in Siam wreaking havoc, as well as the breathtaking scenery. But it falls short of what it so desperately desires--to be a "moving" epic, even though...
...struck us that breaking bottles was very childish and set a bad example for our younger fans. We have a trained ape which accidently swallowed a halogen lamp and now projects images of its insides wherever it faces. We have the ape dancing to our music, which is something no human has been able to achieve...
...choice to portray Tom Ripley as a gay man is risky, and not only for Matt Damon's career. As a man capable of murder on a bad day (don't worry, I'm not really giving anything away), a gay Thomas Ripley might become some terrible variation on the mythic self-hating homosexual serial killed--a queasy Andrew Cunanan done up in old-fashioned clothes. But the change actually produces all kinds of new tensions that deepen the emotional weight of the story. Tom's confused sexuality is just another expression of his place outside the privileged world...
...used to be president of the Advocate invited me one afternoon to have lunch at the Signet, and I had never been. So I walk there, and we are having lunch, and I am in this room with these stuffy old men. And I remember something smelling so bad, and I just could not stop thinking, 'What is this horrible smell? What is going on? It smells like crap.' I realized later, outside, after I had hugged my friend goodbye, that on the way there I had stepped in dog shit and I had been sitting there the entire time...
...ways, Harvard is race neutral, at least that's been my experience," Gardenhire says. "I had a few bad experiences when I first came, of professors being inappropriate. But I set them straight and I don't work with those people. Race hasn't affected my ability to learn...