Word: brilliante
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...acclaim of Griffith's masterwork made his virulent, derisive depiction of blacks all the more toxic - indeed, potentially epidemic. This was not simply a racist film; it was one whose brilliant storytelling technique lent plausibility and poignancy to images of crude Negroes in the Reconstruction Senate, and of a black man pursuing a white woman until, to save her virginity, she throws herself off a cliff. Viewers could believe that what they saw was not only historically but emotionally true. "Birth" not only taught moviegoers how to react to film narrative but what to think about blacks...
...effortlessly evoking a lush Indian landscape and a romantic Oxford, switching from wit to weight without misstep. But something is lacking. Kunzru's hero has identities to spare but no soul, and in the end he crumbles away. Kunzru's writing suffers similarly: it is the work of a brilliant literary impressionist who hits every symbol, fulfills every gesture, while missing something essential beneath the shining surface. Perhaps he knows this. "In between each impression," Kunzru writes, "just at the moment when one person falls away and the next has yet to take possession, the impressionist is completely blank. There...
Three innings of brilliant relief later, Sheffield was the winning pitcher of the Ivy Championships Series’ deciding game. Standing in front of the dugout after the game, grinning through a mouthful of chocolate-chip cookie, Sheffield tried to express his joy and disbelief...
...first, Pennsylvania's GOP legislators thought the court was being nitpicky, but in a brilliant move, they decided to make the situation work for them. They drew up a new plan which shifted enough voters around to make the districts more equitable, without actually changing the odds that Republicans would win fourteen of the districts. And then the state senate inserted a provision moving primary elections from May 21st to July 16th. Republican leaders said it was to give voters time to adjust to the new boundaries. Privately they admitted they were pushing the date back to hurt...
Once the sun sets, Pagan is transformed. The heat dissipates, replaced by a cool, invigorating breeze that calls out for an evening stroll. The reward is a brilliant display of stars undiminished by city lights. And should disorientation set in, the ever- present hawkers, many of whom live at the temples, are happy to set misguided travelers back on the right path home...