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...must have been particularly moved: he hired Zhao to star in a movie, Nu Er Gu (Penitentiary Angel). "My performance was pretty terrible." says Zhao, "but if you've been in a film by a famous director, no matter how well you did, then other less-famous directors will want...
...Powell but announced an investigation into the halftime show. This week House and Senate committees will hold hearings on broadcast decency. So the story swung from action (video delays instituted on the Grammy and Oscar ceremonies) to overreaction. Under pressure from affiliates, NBC cut a scene from Thursday's ER that briefly showed the breast of an 80-year-old heart-attack patient. "I think our viewers are intelligent enough to make their own decision as to whether their children should watch or not," complained executive producer John Wells. Hollywood is a favorite target in election years...
...before? Not a problem, just follow me!” Lines of eager partners spin to the beat, following the caller’s directions with varying levels of accuracy and energy. “Do-si-do! Left A-la-mains! Spin ’er round! Come to!” The spirit is contagious; everyone, from middle schoolers to octogenarians, grins and glows...
...delay to preempt any “indecent” or “obscene” material from finding its way into living rooms nationwide. In the wake of the silly Super Bowl controversy, NBC deleted a brief scene from the Feb. 5 episode of “ER,” which revealed the breast of an elderly woman. With the FCC looming overhead in loco parentis, the airwaves are submitting to ridiculous self-censorship...
...many Harvard careers. It is in this context that study abroad feels so unnatural. Harvard hasn’t changed much over centuries. Why should our Harvard change so dramatically over the course of a semester? “Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow;/ Nought may endure but Mutability;” Shelley proclaims gloomily at the end of “Mutability.” I had long considered Harvard the exception that proved the couplet. Study abroad creates a flux in a place that has long repulsed...