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Senior point guard Jenn Monti enjoys the new offense because it relies on passing. Monti is regarded as the team’s best passer, which sometimes can be a flaw, Delaney-Smith said...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard offense switches over to Flex | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...polygamy. Thomas is married with children to Jutta. He becomes entangled in an extremely serious affair with Veronika, who wants a larger commitment from him, and after years of his double-life, she gives birth to his child. At this point, Schlink begins setting up Thomas’ ultimate flaw: obliviousness...

Author: By Clint J. Froehlich, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Layers of Love | 12/7/2001 | See Source »

...close to Kwan's heart, you can almost hear his pulse pounding in surround sound. Based on a gay Chinese novel posted anonymously on the Web, Lan Yu was slated to be filmed in Beijing but authorities balked, forcing the filmmaker to shoot it clandestinely. The movie's flaw, ironically, is Kwan's closeness to the subject. An openly gay man, he's so consumed by the love story that Handong's marriage and even the 10-year chronology are handled like clumsy distractions. Ultimately, as a viewer, you can hear the heart pounding, but it's not full with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Beijing's Boys | 12/3/2001 | See Source »

...play where words are so vital, the thrust of the show lies in the actors’ abilities to make their words heard and the effect of those words clear. In this area, the production has its notable flaw. Some of the actors whisk through or swallow their lines; others seem uncomfortable with the accents they have had to adopt. While it is not imperative to catch every bit of dialogue (after all, there’s a lot of it), a few too many viewers at the performance I attended had to turn to their friends for assistance...

Author: By Emma Firestone, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fangs for the Memories | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

...movie, however, it’s not clear whether her tears are intended as comic fodder. The moment proved a confusing one for the audience at one advance screening, with some laughing and others unsure how to respond. And though identifying Shallow Hal’s biggest flaw would require some intense debate, the lack of clarity in tone is undoubtedly a strong candidate. Black, who accomplished quite a feat in outshining John Cusack in last year’s High Fidelity, shows us zero acting range beyond comic. Rosemary and her fellow undesirables are treated with such insincerity it?...

Author: By Nathan Burstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shallow Hal | 11/9/2001 | See Source »

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