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...what happened? Is 1995 really so far away that the two most charismatic, star-studded teams in the American League couldn't last past the first round? And when we might have seen Randy Johnson duel David Cone in the opener last night, what have we done to deserve Chad Ogea versus Scott Erickson? Roberto Alomar and Jose Mesa? Peter Angelos...
...farewell to the AL's also-rans, once more linked by October karma, this time considerably less auspicious than the last, and Godspeed to the survivors; may Omar Vizquel drag-bunt his way into our hearts and minds (now that Chad Curtis isn't around to come barging into second base standing up), may Roberto Alomar keep his well-travelled salivary glands in check, and may Greg Maddux and Kevin Brown pitch a 22-inning scoreless...
Aaron Eckhart, the 29-year-old actor who plays Chad, has yet to be slapped by any female moviegoers (it's early; be patient). But he says, "I've had women come really close. The right hand is back, and they go, 'I just want to slap you.' And I go, 'All right.' They don't, and then they laugh. But I'm sure if I demonstrated any Chadness while they were in mid-swing, they...
...Chad and Howard (Matt Malloy) are two thirtyish corporate types on a six-week assignment in a new city. Howard has been dumped by the fiance he adored. Chad, who tells Howard he too has been abandoned, proposes an elaborate scheme of gender revenge. They will choose a vulnerable woman, begin dating demurely, get her to fall in love. And then drop her. "Let's do it," Chad says. "Let's hurt somebody...
LaBute says there is a moral: "Be careful about whom you pretend to be, because that is often the person you turn into." But the movie is careful not to give Chad his comeuppance, and the audience must fish for any lessons the story offers. Men are welcome to X-ray their hearts for a hint of Howard or an edge of Chad. Women can take a peek at--and, if they wish, confirm their suspicions of--that dangerous and perplexing house pest, the modern middle-class male. The camera lingers in elegantly immobile, anthropological medium shot--a distance that...