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Cohen, who is Jewish, (his fiancée, “Wedding Crashers” star Isla Fisher, is converting for their upcoming wedding, as reported in The Evening Standard earlier this year) may easily escape allegations of anti-Semitism, but that alone doesn’t completely redeem his strategy. His thought process in “Borat” seems to be the following: if we present hyperbolic and laughable racism, viewers will see the absurdity underlying all harmful ethnic stereotypes...
...Stew or a Story: An Assortment of Short Works” by M. F. K. Fisher...
...Fisher has a whole lot of initials. She uses them to cook and write, and sometimes she writes about cooking. On the cover of this anthology she also holds a cat. The works have been “gathered,” like fresh herbs from the garden, by Joan Reardon. It’s even got one of those pen and ink David Levine cartoons on the front. This book is a New York Review of Books circle-jerk...
...nine-member council hires the city manager, who directs most of the daily operations of local government. The plan does not include term limits.Adkins suggested that councillors should be subject to term limits—an idea that was met with applause.—Staff writer Virginia A. Fisher can be reached at vafisher@fas.harvard.edu.—Staff writer Nicholas K. Tabor can be reached at ntabor@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Virginia A. Fisher can be reached at vafisher@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Nicholas K. Tabor can be reached at ntabor@fas.harvard.edu...