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...easy. The play is stunted emotionally by its one-liner mentality, and while it may intentionally explore the superficiality of Hollywood culture in its dialogue, its affectation is almost good enough to fool the audience when the content begins to become serious.This line of thinking makes the ending seem dubious. The play explores the unwillingness of characters to open themselves up and become vulnerable, but by the end, everyone is still more shut than is expected.Still, Beane’s play ultimately accomplishes a great deal: four memorable, often riotously funny characters are crafted out of a series of delicate...
...transparency. I doubt there's a reader under 30 who gets why newspapers endorse presidential candidates - and most of the ones I talk to ask the following: How can a newspaper be objective on the front page when it endorses a candidate on the editorial page? They're dubious about whether the reporter who covers Hillary Clinton can be objective if his newspaper has endorsed Barack Obama - and vice versa. And they're right. At a time when newspapers are trying to ensure their survival by attracting younger readers, the idea of endorsements is both counterproductive and an anachronism...
That has been a dubious honor in this year's chaotic Democratic race, especially for Hillary Clinton, who comes into the so-called Potomac Primaries after a challenging week. Not only did she admit to loaning her cash-strapped campaign $5 million in order to keep pace with Obama ahead of Super Tuesday, but on Sunday Clinton replaced her campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle with long-time confidante Maggie Williams, and Monday she had to reassure some nervous donors and endorsers that the nomination was still within her reach. Still, Clinton is nowhere near being counted out: she has raised...
...Although there is no direct evidence that rating agencies purposefully overrate these bonds, the fact that the agencies’ customers are the very same banks who are trying to sell these dubious securities raises conflict-of-interest issues. These rating agencies are thus not independent, objective judges of quality. Regardless of whether accusations against them are valid, such lack of transparency and failure to rate these securities accurately leaves rating agencies on the hook...
...easy. The play is stunted emotionally by its one-liner mentality, and while it may intentionally explore the superficiality of Hollywood culture in its dialogue, its affectation is almost good enough to fool the audience when the content begins to become serious.This line of thinking makes the ending seem dubious. The play explores the unwillingness of characters to open themselves up and become vulnerable, but by the end, everyone is still more shut than is expected.Still, Beane’s play ultimately accomplishes a great deal: four memorable, often riotously funny characters are crafted out of a series of delicate...