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...second “meal” of the night is 2 Real Tacos ($5.95). For some reason or another, tacos only come in pairs. This, Patricio and I agree, is a fundamental flaw in Real Taco’s business plan. If Real Taco wants to steal the late-night crowds from Tommy’s and Noch’s, then an à la carte taco for under $3 is an absolute must...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Run For Mt. Auburn Street | 11/7/2002 | See Source »

Harris says he thinks students would be opposed to the program’s graduate student instruction. The necessity of removing faculty from their area of expertise he says is another flaw of the system...

Author: By Jessica E. Vascellaro, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Reinventing Harvard’s Core Curriculum | 11/6/2002 | See Source »

Frank pointed out another flaw with the footprints...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dazed and Confused In Widener Library | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

...flaw that colors everything in the film, however, is Taymor’s hesitant and wobbly direction. While the ballsy Titus knew well that it was visually arresting and never forgot, Frida oscillates nervously between an intense visual palette and boring displays of ho-hum period cinematography and horrendously contrived narrative set-ups that bore more than they evoke. Early in the film, the trolley crash that renders Kahlo periodically unable to walk is shot and edited with a shocking visceral quality and a brash artistic confidence. Immediately after, Taymor gives us a shamelessly trippy, grotesque animated sequence that quite...

Author: By Clint J. Froehlich, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Frida | 10/24/2002 | See Source »

...movie’s greatest flaw is its inability to create a sympathetic character in Katie. The screenplay rarely delves thoughtfully into her mind; instead, it relys on shamelessly dramatic flashbacks of her father leaving her in a field of snow to give the audience insight into her doom-riddled fear of abandonment. Moreover, although the most crucial aspect of Katie’s affliction that feeds into the final plot twist is rather obvious right from the start, the movie chooses to pretend that the viewer has no clue about this key fact and plows through scene after scene...

Author: By Sarah L. Solorzano, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: "Abandon" Ship | 10/17/2002 | See Source »

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