Word: bits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...writer and director, the 31-year-old Australian wanted to "contemporize" romantic comedy for the '90s. According to Rosenberg, American romantic comedies tend to be subdued with too much talking. In Hotel de Love, he "wanted to take it a little bit further" for a more contemporary audience...
...began tentatively, though they always progressed into intricate virtuosic passages rich with finely wrought ornamentations. The solo passage in the Adagio movement was especially memorable, as Stepner had a chance to showcase his sweet high register. How this piece fit exactly into the Valentine's Day theme was a bit unclear, though it was certainly a welcome addition to the program...
While the plot can be a bit predictable and tedious at times, it is salvaged by the spectacle of the circus surrounding it. Perhaps the most valuable supporting role belongs to the hotel itself. Inspired by a Niagara Falls honeymoon hotel, the Hotel de Love features outrageously creative "theme" rooms such as the "Garden of Eden" room, complete with tree, forbidden fruit and serpent, and the "The Grand Finale Passion Suite," modeled after a cricket stadium with astro-turf and recordings of cheering crowds. The rooms nearly steal every scene in which they appear...
...classic Warner Brothers cartoon "Bugs Bunny Rides Again," everyone's favorite wabbit is a bit more wascally than you might remember. In the course of a few minutes, Bugs rolls a cigarette, artfully dodges Yosemite Sam's bullets, and follows a trainload of scantily clad women to Miami. This kind of politically incorrect silliness would never be produced and marketed in the nineties...
Every year, a Harvard first-year student is provided a CUE Guide free of charge, and can purchase a Confidential Guide for a mere five dollars. In some instances, however, a bit of inside information is required to select both the most horizon-broadening and grade-boosting courses...