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Critics might want to start downloading because with Punch-Drunk Love (see review), the cultural significance of Sandler's work has become a serious proposition. In his new movie, Sandler plays a plunger salesman who dreams of escaping his banal existence via frequent-flyer miles. As far as romantic comedies go, it's very strange, which is what you would expect from director Paul Thomas Anderson of Magnolia and Boogie Nights. What you don't expect is an art film starring Sandler, whose lowbrow comedies have earned nearly $400 million since 1998 and have made him an idol of teenage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sandler, Seriously | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

...does Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) have several dozen boxes of pudding piled up in his office? That's easy: each carries a coupon worth 500 frequent-flyer miles. Even though Barry never goes anywhere, he can't resist the bargain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REVIEW: Love Is Strange--So Is He | 10/21/2002 | See Source »

Maybe the FBI and al-Qaeda should coordinate a frequent flyer program. Last week yet another alleged al-Qaeda sympathizer in Southeast Asia was handed over to American officials and sent packing to the U.S. on a military plane. Slight difference this time: the suspect is an American. U.S. authorities claim Ahmed Ibrahim Bilal, who was deported from Malaysia on Oct. 11 after his passport was revoked by Washington, is part of a six-person al-Qaeda terror cell based in Oregon. The group is alleged to have "conspired to wage war" against the U.S., most notably when five...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: American al-Qaeda? | 10/14/2002 | See Source »

...each goal, Wake Forest went right with the ball to avoid the oncoming Crimson flyer and unleashed clear, forceful shots on net, with accuracy unlike the Crimson had seen all season...

Author: By Wes Kauble, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: F. Hockey Gives No. 3 Wake a Scare | 10/7/2002 | See Source »

Because, on a tip, I have discovered all I hadn’t seen in my stall fidelity. In the third stall from the end there is a small statement on the door, that used to be bordered by a whimsical flyer advertising tickets to see the Chippendales. “I was raped at the [specific finals club] [date from last semester].” In the stall closest to the entrance there is “[x] is a rapist.” With three other names in the same area, all etched into the door with...

Author: By Katie Disalvo, | Title: The Writing on the Wall | 9/27/2002 | See Source »

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