Word: darkness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...dark as it seems now, all hope is not lost.The Crimson will fly out to Omaha in two weeks fora pair of non-divisional games against theUniversity of Nebraska-Omaha. A couple of wins inthe cornfields would at least allow for a measureof holiday cheer...
...Everyone's pretty shocked. Details are sketchy at the moment," Doggett said. "Everyone just wants more information, and until there's more information no one knows how to react except with sadness. We're all kind of in the dark...
...collective sense of outrage. Coming on the heels of a burst of depressing public statements--anti-Semitic diatribes by another member of parliament, claims that the Russian security services were being used for free-lance assassinations, allegations of corruption leveled against Yeltsin--the killing reminded everyone of the dark side of Russian politics. And it has reignited the old debate about how Russia should be ruled: Can liberal democracy work, or is a more authoritarian hand needed...
Presumably, Very Bad Things will be ignored by all but those who evaluate movies in terms of shock and gore. Jon Favreau and the other talented people involved in this movie will presumably go on to, if not Great, at least Somewhat Better Things. The question of whether dark comedy, which was so vital so recently, can survive is unresolved. Certainly the existence of the movie paints a pessimistic picture of what happens to innovators in Hollywood: their innovations are derivatively imitated or altogether scorned. Such were the fates of Pulp Fiction and The Cable Guy, respectively. One hopes, however...
...Titanic as an overbudgeted attempt at epic romance. But where the latter had compelling, dramatic artistry compensating for underwritten characters, Meet Joe Black can't transcend its superficiality. The concluding "twist" offers the best example. Instead of proving that Susan really did find humanity and goodness in Death's dark soul, we only get final confirmation that she never really probed beneath his exterior...