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...official, "most of the world thinks the U.S. is making it worse." Aspects of that sentiment are widely shared. Von Rimscha says "American unilateralism, militarism and disdain for international law do not even have to be argued anymore. They are firmly believed, they have become part of an entrenched canon of anti-Americanism." Other experts doubt things are that bad, but elements of this canon are migrating into the mainstream and constraining the running room of politicians all over Europe. In the Czech Republic, for example, 83% of those polled in July don't want to let the U.S. build...
...Film Forum, New York City's premier repertory house, is providing a lavish reminder that the six did have productive careers beyond their 20s by presenting Pythonalot, a two-week retrospective of the canon films, plus Cleese's A Fish Called Wanda and Gilliam's always-worth-reseeing Jabberwocky, Time Bandits and Brazil. True to the absurdist spirit of Python, a disclaimer on the Film Forum webpage reads: "SPAM? IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK OF HORMEL FOODS CORP. PYTHON AND ALOT ADAPTED FROM MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT LOGO. USED WITH PERMISSION...
...Current events first. The polemical appeal of the converted kidnapee story sank considerably when Canon Andrew White, the Anglican vicar in Baghdad and a long-distance hostage negotiator in the case, told New Zealand?s National Radio that ?to be quite honest with you, [the conversion] was our suggestion.? That is, it had not been part of the kidnappers? program so much as a mechanism, suggested by a Christian cleric, to enable the abductors to save face in giving up their hostages. Now admittedly, they did go for it. But combined with the seemingly unanimous subsequent condemnation...
...with it too; the DVD re-releases of its classic titles and cult favorites have been delicious reminders of noir's wonderfully stylized strengths. And some of neo-noir's best titles, from Chinatown through The Grifters, have been real additions to the American canon. But The Black Dahlia is tired when it is not self-parodying, and it suggests that our nostalgia for its genre tropes has become idle and a vacuous waste of our time and of our filmmakers' energies...
...which they often neglect in these pass/fail seminars. Thus, it might be worthy to note that the workload varies significantly by course. The more masochistic Harvardians might like Professor James Russell’s two-semester “Literature Humanities,” a survey of the Western canon that will teach you how to speed-read the Bible. If you’re feeling a little gutsier, check out Professor James Hanken’s “Museums,” where the weekly class is often replaced by outings to a new exhibit. Perhaps the program?...