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...sensitive war' will not destroy the evil men who killed 3,000 Americans." DICK CHENEY, U.S.Vice President, attacking Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry for his promise to fight a "more sensitive war on terror...
...Apparently people like it better than 'be good.'" LARRY PAGE, Google co-founder, explaining the company motto, "Don't Be Evil," to Playboy magazine. The interview has troubled investors, as it may have violated laws requiring a "quiet period" before the Internet firm's initial public offering
Clarke has another rare faculty: she can depict evil. Much of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell takes place in the shadow of a powerful and fascinatingly cruel fairy who makes Voldemort look like a Muppet. This is not kid friendly, although precocious kids may go for it. Clarke reaches down into fantasy's deep, dark, twisted roots, down into medieval history and the scary, Freudian fairy-tale stuff. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell reminds us that there's a reason fantasy endures: it's the language of our dreams. And our nightmares...
Consider the pageant of misery Krause has brought to life: in just three years, Six Feet Under's Nate Fisher has lost both his father and his wife--whom he had to bury with his own hands to keep the evil mother-in-law from burning the corpse. In After the Fall, a revival of a 1964 Arthur Miller play and Krause's first turn on Broadway, he plays Quentin, a man whose two marriages break under the weight of the first wife's endless hectoring and the second's endless pill popping. Along the way, two characters commit suicide...
Doffing an ill-fitting outfit not unlike the gawky, scrawny look of Steve Ditko's original Spider-Man, Andy, assisted by Louis, goes around looking for trouble. But unlike traditional superheroes who mete out righteous justice against inarguable criminals foisting their evil on the world, Andy lives in a more realistic world of pettiness and personal issues. So Andy and Louis are left to manufacture debatable opportunities for justice, like leaving a wallet on the street and waiting for someone to pick it up and try to keep the money. "What good is having a friend with super strength...