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...repelling any attempt at empathizing with his character. It is unclear why Kevin Spacey was needed at all for this production when an extra off the Hollywood strip could have delivered his seven or so lines just as well, and for a fraction of the price. And Jeff Bridges??who most forget was also an Oscar nominee for “The Contender”—is just painful as Clooney’s drugged-out mentor, Lieutenant Colonel Bill Django. The use of the actors’ names here and not those of their characters...
...though some may consider his political ideology at odds with his sexuality, Kwong says he has sought to “build bridges?? between “two almost diametrically opposed” community affiliations...
...That summer, he informed his peers that he was gay, an announcement that evoked mixed reactions in Harvard’s political circles. From that point forward, he began to attempt to “build bridges?? between “Republicans, conservatives and pro-lifers and...the LGBT community,” Kwong said...
...profoundly, unequivocally, and utterly unexciting. There are no union-like picketers banding together to rally for the local toll road. There are no passionate highway rights activists waging sit-ins until freeways receive the new lanes they need to survive. There are no “Save the Bridges?? campaigns, and no “I Stand with Route 84” bumper stickers. Despite the staggering number of people served by any individual road or bridge (except the proposed Bridge to Nowhere of course), there are few citizens who take up the cause of its maintenance...
...roads aren’t all romance and freedom. There are places of deep, persistent poverty and places where all the interesting things have been paved over. In others, the pavement is falling apart. Questions beyond ones about the integrity of bridges??ones about the integrity of our society or the role of the educated class in it—remain stubborn and troubling...