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...difficult to convey the dissage that a block in volleyball carries...
Unfortunately, it is this moral dimension of the story which Michell's film is least able to convey. In Amanda Root's Anne, for example, the sense of an active critical mind is often missing. Anne seems so afflicted, so desperate, that we rarely feel that she is her family's superior, always judging them; rather, she seems to be a mere victim of their mistreatment. And that mistreatment is portrayed so luridly-Nicholls' Elizabeth, especially, is a snickering ghoul-that Walter and Elizabeth Elliot seem closer to the wicked step-family of Cinderella than the conceited fools of Austen...
...afflicted young writers of the past decade, it is a tendency to define characters not necessarily by their histories or heartaches or small triumphs but, more economically, as a sum of their pop-cultural tastes. Want to show that someone is vacuous? Put him in Gucci loafers. Want to convey sophistication? Mention a character's love of Godard. Want to suggest that a person has developed unrealistic notions of familial closeness? Have her reminisce about watching The Brady Bunch...
These official matters do not convey the most important point: By excluding an entire sex from their membership, F&Ss are about as exclusive as groups can be. If a male student wanted to join Women in Economics and Government, the College could hardly stand in his way. But if that same student wanted to join a sorority, he would have no possibility of gaining membership. Pleading that sororities serve Radcliffe only would not solve the problem, since the argument is just as true for women and fraternities...
...endorse and encourage creative chaos," said Robert B. Boulrice, head of the Central Square Neighborhood Coalition and one of the initiators of the three-year-old fair. "We're trying to convey that Central Square is a cool place to be, where all sorts of people can come and have a great time...