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...Office into writing and directing a film adaptation of David Foster Wallace's Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. That may sound patronizing, but having watched this film twice now, knitting together the gossamer strands of plot while searching for a profound, literary point that proved too delicate to find with the naked eye - his generosity of intent is really the main impression that remains. He read, he loved, and unfortunately, he did not conquer...
...number of stagy, self conscious scenes, Sara interviews with men in a professional setting - behind a desk, with microphone and tape recorder - and then listens in on conversations between men in more public places, restaurants, apartment buildings, parties and such. In the film's last scene, we find out that she's studying the impact of feminism, although the interactions we witness seem mostly directed toward proving the thesis Men Are Awful, or, put in Wallace terms, "A Supposedly Fun Gender I Should Avoid Forever...
...Feminism has found fertile soil in Indonesia, whose Islamic traditions are relatively porous, and whose traditional agricultural culture often had men and women working together in the fields , in contrast, say, to the segregated tribal customs of Arabia. It's not that these ideas don't find resistence: There's a strong tradition of male authority in Indonesia, as well as a more recent trend towards fundamentalism, so feminists have to be careful to pick kyais who will be open to their teachings. Jakarta-based feminist activist Lies Marcoes-Natsir says much of her work is protecting indigenous Indonesian Islamic...
...more than a little disturbing. She did well in the show, ranking in the top 30 contestants before she was eliminated. Now she's back to her normal life as a college junior - with a little new insight into her home. "Through this competition, it's really scary to find out how the color of my skin can cause such a big controversy...
...deeply dysfunctional polities," he argues. "The parties simply cannot achieve a peace agreement of their own volition. And the outcome is too important for them, and for America, to leave it at the mercy of the two electorates. So at some point, I think, the Administration is going to find an appropriate moment to present and pursue an American plan for a comprehensive peace...