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...success of the need to be “tough on crime,” but our law and order regime is not quite what it seems on the surface. What our society is undergoing is not the effective prosecution of millions of hardened lawbreakers who happen to be dark-skinned, but instead the development of a new form of social control rooted in the traditions of slavery, Jim Crow, and ghettoization—the mass incarceration society...
...Fellowes (best known for the films Gosford Park and Vanity Fair) all wanted to incorporate elements of the Mary from Pamela Travers' 1930s books - and she can be, well, a bit of a bitch. This Mary takes the children on adventures, then denies they ever happened - "her face was dark and terrible ? her very apron crackling with anger," writes Travers. Says Fellowes: "That contrast between the tough, cross nanny whom the adults can accept and the magical woman who takes the children on these journeys is the wit of the character." Getting the show together in the first place...
...Dark Horse Comics STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH Miles Lane (w) Doug Wheatley (a) The adaptation of the coming final installment of the Star Wars series arrives six weeks before the film! (April...
...absolutely love movies and, despite what they may say, every writer has a dream of becoming a director.” The transition from behind the story to behind the camera may seem intimidating, but Goyer felt prepared. “Between working for Alex Proyas [Dark City], Stephen Norrington [Blade] and others, I have learned from some of the best directors out there. I may not have been to film school officially, but what better education can there...
...After she lost—twice—the newly founded center took over the space, and to this day pays the rent using donations from members. One of its founders, MIT mathematician Dirk Struik, was banned from teaching during what Dodderman calls “the dark years of the McCarthy era.” Struik stayed on at MIT, and “he couldn’t teach but they had to pay him anyway,” Dodderman says...