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Unfortunately, for every one of these elegant moments, there are two or three heavy-handed ones to drown it out. And by the time lightning and thunder begin to roll on cue, we realize we're watching a sermon, not a movie. Admittedly, the subject of sensational journalism offers plenty to preach about. "Today, the journalist discovers the news at the same time as the audience," Costa-Gavras warns, "He doesn't have time to put events into perspective." Gavras makes an excellent point. Mad City could also have profited from a little perspective. Its creators failed to notice that...
...experimental techniques in the film end up drawing the audience's attention towards the phoniness not of the health care system, but of the movie itself. Suspension of disbelief fades, leaving the constant awareness that these characters are just actors walking around a set, reading lines off cue cards...
...Legislation has to come from the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) and the Faculty Council," Todd says...
Indeed, the CUE--a committee which consists of professors and Undergraduate Council student representatives--is the only point on the EPC report trajectory where students can directly affect the reform's outcome...
Only after the roiling whirlwind of notes subsided did the figure at the center of the stage relinquish his grasp of inspiration and allow his arms fall to his sides, giving the final cue of the evening. The audience understood and responded with a thunderclap of applause, adding four standing ovations to his collection...