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...March 27, 1977, a Pan Am 747 awaiting takeoff at the Tenerife airport in the Canary Islands off Spain was sliced open without warning by a Dutch KLM jet that had come hurtling out of the fog at 160 m.p.h. The collision left twisted metal, along with comic books and toothbrushes, strewn along a half-mile stretch of tarmac. Everyone on the KLM jet was killed instantly. But it looked as if many of the Pan Am passengers had survived and would have lived if they had got up and walked off the fiery plane...
...which features Adam Sandler as a former football pro who, upon being imprisoned, is forced to lead a group of fellow inmates in a high-publicity football game against the prison’s guards. Rock plays the Caretaker, a fellow prisoner who offers Sandler support and comic relief. The film is a remake of a 1974 film of the same name, which featured Burt Reynolds in Sandler’s role and James Hampton as the Caretaker...
Despite its somber subject matter, the film is actually a comedy. Scott said the film’s juxtaposition of the tragic and comic as characteristic of “Indian humor”: “Indian humor is an important facet of Native American culture because it reflects our ability to laugh in spite of great suffering and sadness. In popular culture, there is a stereotype that Native Americans aren’t funny, or are very stoic and serious. The movie shows that Native Americans are just like everyone else and can be comedic...
...essay is heavy with irony. It also introduces a writer who knows what it takes to get on the bestseller list: "He roots for his home team in football and baseball but also plays sports himself. He reads all the time. It's all right for him to like comic books so long as he knows they are junk. Also, radio programs and movies may be enjoyed but not at the expense of important things. In music he appreciates both swing and symphony. In women he appreciates them all. He does not waste time daydreaming when he is doing...
...Australia, Guan Wei's career has grown more steadily. His calligraphic, comic-book-style paintings have lightened in hue as much as they have widened in scope. In recent years, they've become great swathes of blue across which his themes of exile and emancipation play out. While appealing to corporate collections - "that's how you make influence," notes curator Binghui - he hasn't shied away from hot-button issues like asylum seekers. "There was a moment when he was a Chinese artist living in Australia, then he became a Chinese-Australian artist, and now he's an Australian artist...