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This is where the flaw of The Dinner Game lies: Its statement about humanity is much too ambivalent to be truly farcical. One leaves the theater unsure if it is trying to appeal to the audience's sense of justice or be a lightheaded comedy. By the end of the movie, no one has won--not the docile Pignon, not the nouveau riche Bronchant, not the show-stealing Daniel Prevost in the role of tax inspector Cheval. What starts off as a simple reversal of roles, with the idiot turning the tables on the yuppies, ends up not being...

Author: By Marcelline Block, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: French Farce Has Cruel Pretensions | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

...There's something about when an idea comes up that just shouldn't be done, it's more exciting to me," says Stone. "That's probably a character flaw of ours. Sometimes it pays off huge, and sometimes it backfires." The angry public reaction to the first season's cliffhanger episode, which foreshadowed the second's sagging ratings, shocked them both. "We thought what everyone loved is that the show was a middle finger to convention. We were in a daze wondering how we could be so wrong about our own audience," says Parker. Adds Stone: "Basically, you can play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Parker and Stone Try Not to Punk Out | 6/21/1999 | See Source »

...flaw in this belief, according to the study's authors, is that the main types of dietary cholesterol, saturated and trans fats, are not found in eggs. While eggs have both "bad" cholesterol and other less harmful kinds, there is not enough of any harmful cholesterol in one egg to pose a major health threat...

Author: By Erica R. Michelstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HMS, SPH Study Okays One Egg A Day | 4/22/1999 | See Source »

...Stabs at a career in assassination will probably fail for Poon because of his one fatal flaw. He feels remorse. "I'm too nice. I can definitely shoot a gun, but I couldn't shoot anyone. There's guilt," he admits...

Author: By V. C. Hallett, | Title: Armed and Dangerous: Harvard's Deadliest Assassins | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

...first comment is in connection with "Students React to Bombings" (News, March 26). The obvious flaw in the piece was that none of the students interviewed were of Serbian descent, although there are several undergraduates at the College who are from Serbia. While I reluctantly support the NATO military action, I am severely distressed to see that the Serbian perspective was not at all represented...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

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