Word: corliss
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...True Meaning of Iron Man Richard Corliss totally missed the boat in his analysis of the movie Iron Man [May 19]. The implicit message of the film, with its stereotypical portrayals of Middle Eastern men and trivialization of the role of American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, is not, as Corliss states, that "we've dwelled too long in the crypts of antiscientific dystopia." It is rather that the possession of state-of-the-art high-tech weaponry is the key to the triumph of good over evil, that might makes right and that combat is just a high-tech...
...Richard Corliss totally missed the boat in his analysis of the movie Iron Man [May 19]. The implicit message of the film, with its stereotypical portrayals of Middle Eastern men and trivialization of the role of our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, is not, as Corliss states, that "we've dwelled too long in the crypts of antiscientific dystopia." It is rather that the possession of state-of-the-art high-tech weaponry is the key to the triumph of good over evil, that might makes right, and that combat is just a high-tech video game. The real villains...
...media broadcast Interpol's plea and the tips came rushing in from as far away as Bangladesh. In the end, they ended up arresting a suspect. Less than 48 hours after Interpol's appeal for help, three tips submitted over the Net led to the arrest of Wayne Nelson Corliss in Union City, New Jersey, who was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement and charged with producing child pornography. Interpol depicted him as an aging deviant who entertained children by dressing up as Santa Claus and painting their faces at parties. According to prosecutors, Corliss, 58, described...
...perception that the Internet remains a lawless frontier where criminals can act with impunity. "People think of the Internet as this dark place," Moran says. "We're shining a light into that shadow." If nothing else, it offered a delicious bit of symmetry: the conduit through which Neil and Corliss allegedly committed their crimes may also be the tool that brings them to justice...
Farewell to a Hollywood Legend My thanks to Richard Corliss for his essay on Charlton Heston [April 21]. If anyone under 40 wants to know why their older friends and family have such low regard for current Hollywood actors, Heston is one reason. He was a symbol of how America thought of itself: energetic, courageous, practical, resilient. No one in Hollywood can take his place. R.W. Harrington, DE PERE...