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...made few headlines, people shed few tears, and he probably won’t even get a real funeral. Granted, he’s not a real person, but he was a true patriot—even if only in the comic book world. He battled the Nazi-regime of Adolf Hitler in 1941, was lauded by multiple U.S. presidents for his service to our country, and helped save the world countless times. Even for people like me, who haven’t read a comic book in 15 years, the name is iconic—a lasting symbol...
...aftermath of his fictional death by a fictional sniper bullet in the most recent issue of the popular Marvel comic book bearing his name, his creators have taken the opportunity to make a worthy statement about a number of issues. And it didn’t matter if they were jingoists or turncoats, left-wing or right—the onus was on Captain America’s writers to take advantage of their ability to reach to a broad and responsive audience by saying something worthwhile in the issue. And they...
...also the viewers. His second in command works the audience in a different way. Vincent Regan, the Captain, delivers the worst performance I’ve seen in a major motion picture this year. Largely due to the laughable overacting, Regan’s character serves only as unintentional comic relief. The film also suffers from a lame and sedate narrator whose lack of urgency harms the film’s momentum. Overall, weak acting, horrible dialogue, and utter absurdity ruin what could have, and should have, been one of the year’s best. The action alone isn?...
...show. Music Director Channing Yu ’93 and Stage Director Edward Eaton chose to remain faithful to the work’s original form, staging it with full orchestral accompaniment and keeping Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s libretto in German, albeit with English subtitles. The comic opera’s plot—full of surprise, deception, and intrigue—tells the story of the Marschallin Marie Therese, Princess von Werdenberg, and her lover Octavian. The opera begins when the Marschallin’s country cousin, the Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau, visits her to discuss...
...comedian Dave Chapelle wrought comic havoc by creating a fictional blind African-American who supports the Klu Klux Klan, unaware of his own blackness. But Farid Smahi is not a comedian, nor is he blind, although he does confound a stereotype: The son of Algerian parents and a longtime victim of anti-immigrant prejudice, Smahi is a candidate in France's forthcoming legislative election - for the anti-immigrant National Front of Jean-Marie...