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...perhaps the most remarkable thing about The Class is its conclusion. After all the edgy incidents it offers, when we come to the last day of school, the students are hard-pressed to recall anything useful or even memorable that they learned. They have, in effect, been babysat, kept off the streets. We gain the strongest impression of the education machinery taking a little rest before clanking onward, in the largest sense indifferent to the needs of its charges, the best efforts of its functionaries. We guess that the smart kids will come out all right finally. We also guess...
...summer. HUPD spokesman Steven G. Catalano said in an e-mailed statement that HUPD would not “speculate on the process” but his department is looking “forward to any recommendations generated by [the] process that will help ensure the HUPD remains as effective as possible.”University officials similarly said that they were unconcerned with the delay and that they were confident that the task force would produce substantive recommendations that would help improve police and community relations in the future.“Over the last few months, the committee...
...movie landscape where the blockbusters (and some of the best films) rely heavily on special effects that make the most fantastic creature look and feel real, The Wrestler offers the compelling sight of an actor who is his own special-effect monster, his own Incredible Hulk. (It's the rare movie where the closing credits for makeup and Mr. Rourke's trainer are well deserved. Mr. Rourke's plastic surgeon may also have earned a mention.) Reviewers love watching actors abuse their bodies for their art almost as much as actors love doing it. That's one reason Mickey should...
...large financial institutions have anything to fear from the use of alternative currencies? Not at all, says Rose. "It's got to be so tiny. It has no effect at all," he says. Besides, he notes, the Fed doesn't care about currency or even the number of bills circulating in the economy. "The Fed cares about monetary policy and deal[s] with that in different ways...
...present the ambiguities of the story through theater. “Leaving things up to the imagination really draws the audience in,” he says. He stages much of his action in the dark and at one point plays flashlights across the audience to replicate the effect of blinding searchlights. Another act focuses on a college professor who has experienced the trauma of a series of car accidents, while the third imagines a dystopian future. Though each has a different setting and plot, they are all connected by a common cast. Despite the distinct qualities of the characters...