Word: clicheed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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One for the ages. A delicious, brilliantly crafted example of how a movie can entertain, move and impress without sacrificing wit and intelligence. In a play-within-a-play, Joe Fiennes plays Shakespeare as an ill-fated Romeo trying to woo his upper-class Juliet (Gwyneth Paltrow). What prevents this...
BEE: Well, Patrick Bateman went to Harvard. That is his alma mater. You know what, I really don't feel comfortable as a sociologist. You know, there's that cliche about Harvard--a cheap and easy pot-shot. I have a lot of friends who graduated from Harvard and they...
So, apologies to zealous Class of 2004 applicants who got a hold of this piece. No new advice from the Harvard Admissions office--just old advice. Fitzsimmons says to play it straight and suggests that the old cliche of being yourself holds water. "Also, use a bit of humility," he...
Ragtime conforms nicely to these standards, while still making a strong statement about the so-called "American Dream," circa 1900. The then-taboo issues of racism, xenophobia, unwed mothers and exploitation of the lower classes, to name just a few of the topics sung about onstage, are brought up with...
One for the ages. A delicious, brilliantly crafted example of how a movie can entertain, move and impress without sacrificing wit and intelligence. In a play within a play, Joe Fiennes plays Shakespeare as an ill-fated Romeo trying to woo his upper-class Juliet (Gwyneth Paltrow). What prevents this...