Word: exist
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think [the program is] a great idea," said Michael Minahan, 22, a first-year law student from Worcester who cited outstanding student loans as a potential barrier from entering the government. "I was surprised something like that didn't already exist...
...this to you, but... Imagine your parents having sex. Worse yet, your grandparents. I know, it's awful, one of those things that couldn't have been--but we all know it happened. The idea crashes through the barrier of your typical illusions of parents/grandparents--sterile virgins who exist only in the context of...well, you. Breaking down these types of barriers is exactly what director Patricia Rozema attempts to do in her rather unorthodox adaptation of Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. Indeed, Rozema crashes through the "garden party" of archetypal Austen movies (think Emma Thompson and Kate Winslett running breathless...
...about all human beings. I don't know if I'm religious and I don't have all the answers. But having questions, as the Jewish people say, is half the answer. The question is, are we human beings or not? Are we barbarians, or do we truly exist as human beings? What is a human being? Before blaming God, let's try to watch ourselves in the mirror...
...test the shtetl's religious faith. Even as the shtetl is fleeing death, it runs straight into its own humanity. The most serious crisis in the movie occurs not when they are dealing with real Nazis or are otherwise close to disaster, but when they explicitly ask if God exists. Internal conflicts between the pseudo-Nazis, the newly converted Communists, and the older religious leaders result in one big mess that none of them can resolve, except perhaps the village fool. Indeed, it is the fool, named Shlomo, who poses the question of the movie: "The question is not whether...
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