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...that self that his fans - in any nation - will find themselves seeking out. Wherever Murakami moves as he continues his career - he says he plans on writing until 80 at least - expect his global readership to follow, even for reasons they can't quite articulate. Murakami, John Updike writes, "is a tender painter of negative spaces." Perhaps that ability to finger the ineffable is what finally explains his global appeal. "When I write fiction, I go down to the dark places," says Murakami. What could be more universal than the nameless stuff of our deepest dreams? Murakami doesn't illuminate...
...Premiered in 1996 with the tagline “Everything you have ever secretly thought about dating, romance, marriage, lovers, husbands, wives and in-laws, but were afraid to admit,” the play presents a series of vignettes on the ever-elusive subject of love. The scenes follow the same general progression as most relationships, from jittery first-dates to chance meetings at wakes. Although the musical is unabashedly heteronormative—mostly likely a product of its pre-21st century datedness than its politics—it does accurately caricature the often hilarious situations involved in searching...
...Eventually, all but 12 soldiers agreed to follow orders. In the past, army officers have been lenient about sending in religious Zionist troops to clear out settlers, looking the other way when they failed to report for duty or called in sick. But this time, senior officers treated the defiance as a clear act of insubordination, a failure to recognize that in the Israeli Defense Force, an officer's orders supersede a rabbi's moral advice...
...children each year. The initiative pledges to promote healthy lifestyles for youngsters by giving them healthier food and drink choices. It's a good start, says Robinson. "So far we have seen baby steps toward improving menus," he says, "but it remains to be seen whether these companies will follow through on their promises. If the fast-food industry were to start including more healthful foods in their menus, so that the majority of the foods were healthful, then they could have a very important effect on improving the diets of children," says Robinson. And on proving that there might...
.../2min. tour de force, silent except for the briefest phone conversation. It puts Thomas in the position of a movie director, editing the film he's shot, seeking to impose narrative logic on shuffled images. He is also the viewer of an Antonioni film, who is willing to follow a mysterious story where it leads him while hoping against hope it might be resolved. At any rate, Thomas is no passive pawn of his own weak will. He's a smart, resourceful detective, a hip Hercule Poirot. And Hemmings, 24 when the film was made, is perfect as a rare...