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...Inside the exhibit, the walls are painted dark blue, the space feels intimate, the atmosphere subdued, and the scrolls are older and more traditional. Buddhist scrolls from as far back at the eighth century are framed by layers of intricate fabrics and papers. The calligraphy itself is written in bold black and gold ink, and the centuries-old paper on which it is written often has its own subtle decoration. There are also personal letters and poetry; some of the texts are written out phonetically, in order for visitors to sound out the original cadences, and some are translated into...
...soon-to-be-Oscar-winning performance, offers an easy way out. It mixes clichés of cultural nostalgia with the classic American tale of rags-to-riches. Comforting, perhaps, but somewhat trite in an age of wholesale corporate layoffs and a widening divide between bourgeois and blue-collar. If anything, the film offers a longing glimpse into a world we no longer possess: many have noted that in today’s record industry, Ray Charles would never have left the lounge-bar circuit...
...were bones buried beneath the building with a blue door? Why were they later mutilated? The rumor mill provided one explanation: ghosts! But is it true? Is Holden Chapel really haunted...
...servery will feature a lot of wood and green and blue tones in the tiles and glass to enhance the sense that Mather leads us from the inside to the outside,” Hafrey said...
...swear every Mummy and/or Indiana Jones movie begins this way: an archaeological site in the desert, and the brown-skinned, blue-collar laborer who discovers the one artifact all WASPier scholarly types have been hunting. Then the information that the Spear of Destiny was last seen during World War II —it must have been the Nazi backup plan after the whole Holy Grail debacle in Alexandretta. Constantine’s ride, the Angel City cab, even uses the transportation-name-as-witty-commentary trick of A Streetcar Named Desire, or more recently, The Royal Tenenbaums?...