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Journalism is largely about finding the right story. But it was still jarring to watch you in the documentary go from village to village, trying to find someone whose suffering was dramatic enough to qualify them to be your main character.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Columnist Nicholas Kristof | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

A film focusing on a single day in the lives of 21 people is bound to have poor character development.  All of the characters are one-dimensional, except for the surprisingly excellent Ashton Kutcher.  As the film’s central character, Kutcher undergoes the most...

Author: By David G. Sklar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Valentine's Day | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

Other actors fare equally poorly.  Anne Hathaway, the Hasty Pudding Theatrical Society’s newly beloved Woman of the Year, is somehow both weird and unattractive.  Hathaway, whose character moonlights as an unsympathetic accent-swapping phone-sex operator, should have had the opportunity to flex...

Author: By David G. Sklar, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Valentine's Day | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

It is important to recognize Casement’s immanence within the imperial system, even as he was enraged by the abuses it engendered, and pointing out this ambivalence would not undermine Casement’s achievement as a campaigner, nor cast doubt on the authenticity of his humanitarian sentiment...

Author: By Grace E. Jackson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Goodman's Detailed 'Devil' | 2/17/2010 | See Source »

“I think this year has been a rebuilding year,” Bajwa said. “We’ve got a little more depth than last year. We’ve got a lot more character in the three freshmen that came and joined the...

Author: By Alex Sopko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Squash Falls to Yale But Improves Finish | 2/16/2010 | See Source »

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