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...Bancroft's role as Mrs. Robinson, the show weathered mixed reviews to become a box-office hit in London. Now it has come to Broadway, with Turner joined by a couple of young Hollywood stars, Jason Biggs and Alicia Silverstone. The show serves up the familiar story of a directionless college grad who is seduced by his parents' friend, trots out most of the memorable lines ("Plastics!") and even gives Turner a brief, dimly lighted nude scene. And it's pretty much a disaster...
...okay?” one of the DJs asked me, looking at me as though he feared I might drop dead from a stroke at any minute. Sure. Great. Just $1 million poorer and soon to be among the ranks of the directionless and unemployed. I vowed never to go to breakfast again...
...self-titled Weezer (Blue Album, was met with resounding success after its 1994 debut. Described by MTV as “refreshingly poppy,” Weezer’s upbeat sound, well-constructed harmonies and self-deprecating demeanor endeared to critics and fans alike who were left directionless after the death of grunge...
...danger I see in making lists is that we lose our spontaneity, that we focus too intently on well-formed plans and thereby miss the opportunities that never could have been anticipated—the detour down the side street in Porter Square, the directionless walk that leads to unseen vistas, the thrill of surfacing at the least familiar T stop just to see what’s there. By focusing on what we ought to do, we allow tradition to dictate what should give our college experience meaning instead of setting out to inhere meaning...
...dogs, mutants and social outcasts permeate all 12 stories in Dogwalker. The first person narrator, who remains relatively consistent throughout, explores a dark, sinister and twisted world with such unperturbed sang-froid that the most outrageous and absolutely surreal events seen like common place occurrences. The passive and directionless narrator of each story lacks any roots or real home. He is a loner whose life is dictated by chance and who passively allows fate to govern his existence. A motley collection of three-legged dogs, mutated puppies, deformed human beings, psychopaths, overgrown slugs, drug addicts, women who practice black magic...