Word: feral
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...demigod, from the late 19th century to the third millennium, preserved by mysterious forces, pursued by the forces of evil, accompanied by his flying steed Athansor. The locale of his escapade is a New York City that neither was nor will be, decorated with baroque snowstorms, peopled by feral children and avaricious millionaires, blighted by the spirits of the poor and, ultimately, illuminated by a distant vision of the Just City. There a bridge will be built, reaching from Manhattan to the vault of heaven...
...trust upon which all intimate human relations depend: it is cruelty exercised on those nearest, most vulnerable, least able or inclined to defend themselves from their attackers. For those who commit private violence, who abuse children, beat wives and rape, the usual reasons behind public violence?greed, dementia, vengeance, feral antisocial anger?do not generally apply. How to explain acts of brutality so personal and thus so specially disturbing...
...expect nothing in return, and so they are not surprised when their men turn into beasts. That is natural, Döblin and Fassbinder suggest: we are all predatory animals, driven by the compulsions to fornicate and dominate. A bear of a man, Franz makes love with feral ferocity, strapping his mate around his body, biting her neck in carnivore passion. It takes a special kind of actor to play Franz, and Lamprecht, who looks like a cross between Emil Tannings and Hermann Goering, has the stolid majesty for the role. As for Fassbinder's actresses, they have always...
Education trend-watchers seem destined for confusion in light of the past few months, which have seen encouraging statistical gains on the one hand and widespread worry on the other as the feral government continues to indicate its lack of support for education...
...high school that inspires the sort of shenanigans that pop up in just about every R-rated teen movie these days. Call it Contact High. There you will find no teachers, only agents; no exams, only screen tests; no graduation, only the picking up of options. The boys are feral carnivores out of The Blackboard Jungle; the girls are pert Circes out of a sophomore's wet dream. The nice guys surf, smoke dope and screw around; the bad ones torch autos, walk with a surly Gestapo swagger and carve their initials in the nearest human flesh. There...