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...That brings us to the major challenge of Americanizing many of these shows, which is not so much cultural as structural. Like our restaurant portions and children, we make our TV bigger in the States. Where an overseas series may run a dozen or so episodes in its entire life, an American show will air 22 or more a season. So plots must be stretched out and subplots multiplied. This is not automatically bad; the American version of The Office fleshed out a stronger supporting cast, made its central character more multifaceted and found its own voice. Other adaptations find...
...always say?” His son shouts immediately, “Who farted?” With a knowing smile, Kearns replies, “Besides that,” and proceeds to deliver one of the film’s many earnest but tiresome lectures to his children. Though hard to believe, this lame joke is one of the funniest cracks in the movie. Although Kearns’ corny sense of humor adds to the sense that he is a boring, everyday kind of guy, it’s also one of many traits that makes...
...eight million students,” Spellings said. The education secretary also acknowledged problems with the present structure of the American education system and the still-existing achievement gap. “Is our education system all it should be? Is it preparing all of our children for success in college and the workforce?” Spellings asked. “In all candor, the answer is no, not yet.” While she did recognize many of the pressing issues in our schools, Spellings focused her speech on potential areas of improvement and what she described...
Most troubling of all, however, were the statements from doctors included in the criminal complaint filed by prosecutors earlier this week. "Upon the statement of Dr. Angela Bier at Children's Hospital that [the boy Jesse] suffers severely from failure to thrive, is considered short and underweight for his age, is diagnosed with osteopenia (lack of density in the bones), which is likely rickets caused by a dietary deficiency, and fractures to the right tibia and fibula, and a fracture to the left ulna." Another doctor explained that the fractures appear old and had never been treated...
...fifth of six children...