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Though Jay is among the best in the world at his craft, having written multiple books, coached celebrities including Julia Roberts and starred in his own television specials, most are likely to recognize him more for the character roles he has played, particularly in Mamet films such as the recent State and Main. While impressive in those endeavors, his first love is live performing, and local audiences are quite fortunate to witness him in this show, his most successful and well received to date...
However, things will only improve from here: Lauren’s parents are visiting next weekend and bringing more craft supplies, a bed skirt and (you guessed it!) pink curtains. Now she can look forward to completing the room’s transformation from sparse dorm to fairy tale h(e)aven. Hopefully the man in gray underwear will take the hint and get his parents to bring some curtains...
...Thornton's brilliantly whiny portrayal of a man who knows too much medicine for his own good, Troy Garity (Jane Fonda's kid) might have stolen the picture. He plays the bandits' wheelman, a none-too-bright chap who dreams of becoming a stunt man and occasionally practices the craft by setting fire to himself. He's terrific, but finally Bandits works as a sweetly loony ensemble piece, a sort of cracked romance that's typical of director Barry Levinson at his shrewd but unpretentious best...
...Hughes brothers, in fact, have been disturbing audiences since 1993. That was when--after dropping out of high school in Pomona, Calif., and learning their craft on music videos--they grabbed Hollywood by the collar with Menace II Society. The film, about black, disenfranchised youth, opened to critical acclaim and big box office. They returned to that milieu in 1995 with the ambitious Dead Presidents, about a black Vietnam soldier returning to a life of crime in the hood. With American Pimp, a controversial 1999 documentary, they took a straight-on view of the gold-medallion and Cadillac...
...towards the plight of Palestinians living under admittedly terrible economic conditions, Americans have been too quick to equate Israeli aggression with Palestinian aggression and vaguely call for both sides to end the violence—a position that vilifies both sides and that obscures the distinction between individuals who craft plans to kill innocents and governments who seek to eradicate specific sources of terrorist activity...