Word: crass
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...sexy. Whether or not it’s successful is a matter of personal preference, but it is entertaining to watch him try.Maybe it’s the illusion of class that black-and-white filming adds, but as T-and-A-centric videos go, this is less crass and more slyly amusing than most. Prince’s reaction to the woman shaking and posing for his benefit can most accurately be described as arch. At one point, he even sips a cup of tea, barely glancing at her gyrations. At another, he reads a magazine and smirks. Maybe...
...Granted, so far few Chinese have credit cards, but when they do, Google's shareholders are going to be peeved if it doesn't host a chunk of the ads that will woo them. And the owners showed their ire last week, not over censorship, but over the crass fact that Google's profit increased a mere 82% in its last quarter. That's not enough for a $433 stock, which became a $381 stock in the days after the announcement. Google may foster a perception that it is beyond the muck of the marketplace, but Wall Street is rapidly...
...troops as soon as the Iraqi elections are completed on Dec. 15. He has said this knowing full well that the Pentagon is planning to reduce the force by 20,000 after Dec. 15 as part of its normal troop-rotation schedule. One hopes he won't be so crass as to take credit for the drawdown when it occurs. But then Kerry-and many other Democrats-have been calling for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops, based on progress in Iraq, as if that were some sort of bold and different idea. It isn't. It is precisely what...
...rabid fanatic, what sort of species is McCallum? He’s a rare chimera: someone who fervently believes that the films are legitimate art, but that their artistic merit comes from the very flashiness and simplicity for which they are so often written off as pieces of crass commercialism.Before addressing the more theoretical elements of McCallum’s approach to filmmaking, two sure-to-be-controversial revelations are in order. First off, even though McCallum emphatically states that “there won’t be any more [Star Wars] films,” there is going...
...does our society have to come before discrimination in all its forms is unconditionally condemned? All things Harvard are scrutinized by others all over the world. What type of message does this send about values at Harvard if a campus publication is so crass and disrespectful to a part of its own community—if a Harvard publication actively promotes negative (and false) stereotypes? For the sake of a tolerant community at Harvard, I urge the Salient to rescind its spoof advertisement and apologize for it. I also ask that students not be complacent in the face of such...