Word: decentering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Josephine Hart wrote her best seller in a style that deserves to be called high Harlequin. Irons and Binoche get into this spirit with their scenes of sexual gymnastics, some of which stretch the laws of physics. But playwright David Hare (Plenty) is more interested in the contortions decent people put themselves through to follow their obsessions while maintaining decorum. Irons has wonderful command of that flummoxed look that seizes the spirit of powerful men who can't understand how they lost control of their life. And Binoche has the lure of mystery in her fine features; she is every...
...acolytes (John Pagano, Wynonna Judd, Lyle Lovett). But the movie, like The Bodyguard, doesn't live up to the craft or fervor of its music. This tale of a tent-show evangelist (Steve Martin) -- he promises "miracles and wonders" while lining his pockets with the gullible hopes of decent people -- can't even take energy from Martin's holy rants and amazing body...
...warden in America, though, he runs up against budget limitations. "This is shortsighted," he says. "What you send out of prisons is going to reflect what you had in them." If that includes the warden, Angola's graduates are now just a little more likely to come out fair, decent, straight up. Just like...
...side, the Crimson turned in another one of its ho-hum, typically dominating performances which are quickly turning ridiculous. Would someone find a decent opponent for this team...
Gregory J. Lopez '95 said, "It's really kind of a shame...It's a Harvard tradition and it's the only place around here to get a decent egg cream. So now the egg cream is officially dead here...