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...Feminist reasoning applied retrospectively to Renoir is too easy." Feminists might play up Renoir quotes like "the best exercise for a woman is to kneel down and scrub the floor" without bothering to uncover the profound and across-the-board fearful fanaticism of which that quote is only one facet. Berger effectively warns us not to let our methodologies for "seeing" obstruct our sight...
Wayne's World encompasses every facet of Wayne (Mike Meyers) and Garth's (Dana Carvey) personality, making it a pleasure for SNL fans. Silly, yes, but unlike other meaningless comedies which possess feeble skeletons for a plot, Wayne's World boats no plot to begin with and does not attempt to simulate one. Knowing that the Wayne's World skits on Saturday nights are one of the last bastions of quality on the show, the makers of Wayne's World attempt to stretch a funny but plot-less skit into a movie...
Distaste for free discussion is no longer the sole province of lunatic leftists. It has now permeated every facet of collegiate life, including my last haven at Harvard: the Harvard Islamic Society...
...SCTV mimics -- Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Martin Short -- did have a problem. On TV they hid like a subversive subtext inside their brilliant impersonations. But in movies an actor doesn't disappear; he displays himself. So Short has put his mimetic, improvisatory genius on hold and marketed one facet of his personality: the winsome whiner...
...that "sleeping in" carries in a society dominated by the Protestant work ethic is a tool of the very forces draining our creative energies by forcing us to stay awake. In reclaiming the term for positive protest activities, SIESTA attacks the subliminal linguistic conventions of the anti-sleepers, a facet of the struggle that should not be underestimated. Even the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard, an organization ostensibly committed to protecting individuals against coercive power, preaches "eternal vigilance...