Word: boyness
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Arab in Egypt (386,874 square miles, population 74 million), I’d be troubled by the Arab movies I saw on television, one charging the Jews with world conspiracy, the other showing a cabal of Orthodox Jews slitting the throat of an Arab boy, pouring his blood into a basin, and making Passover matzah that they boast tastes much better than the ordinary kind. Why does our media repeat and recreate these anti-Semitic images, even as we object to anything that touches Muslim honor? Why are we fed this scummy hatred of Jews instead of being encouraged...
...Marcus Carl Franklin, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Cate Blanchett, Richard Gere, and Ben Whishaw—play fictional characters that represent different epochs of Dylan’s life. Tellingly, none of them actually share Dylan’s name. “Woody Guthrie” is a boy attempting to define himself in terms of folk music’s history. “Jack” is a Greenwich Village folk-music sensation and later, Christian convert and priest. “Robbie,” a counter-culture film star, also appears as a lover...
...come easily to her. When Mahoney learns that Mr. Magorium is planning to leave the store, she must overcome her lack of confidence and faith and deal with the loss. Together with an accountant named Henry (Jason Bateman) and Eric (Zach Mills), a talented but lonely boy, Mahoney learns to believe in herself and the inner “sparkle” which helps her step up to her new role. If the plot sounds cliché, it is: The most refreshing part of the film is the subtle use of special effects to bring the toys in the store...
...Obviously, a boy who has a high voice who is physically attractive would be more appealing to me than a boy who has a low voice and is not physically attractive,” said Anne E. P. Stone ’10, a singer for the Pitches...
...straddling the rings of Saturn. The song itself is indie college pop in its most unadulterated form. Politically conscious and goofy, country yet polished, Blitzen Trapper’s video collage is nothing if not pure fun. With an ongoing European tour through December, might these guys spread farm boy rock to France? Oui. Another geographical wonder courtesy of Blitzen Trapper...