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What makes Unprotected's sex talk work is that it rises above the level of moronic frat-boy humour. It's not that the album is afraid of the scatological (Schimmel describes an exchange between his wife and himself: "Maybe you suffer from premature ejaculation." "Does it look like I'm suffering? Those aren't tears on your belly."). It's that the album isn't potty-mouthed for its own sake (hello, South Park). It focuses on Schimmel's family life, and its central point is our common insecurities about sex and the absurdities they drive us to: peeking...

Author: By Daryl Sng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Album Review: Robert Schimmel | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

...killed all the goyim. Their father, Nate, runs a gambling racket disguised as a strip-joint. At the same time, the two boys are being exposed to a world beyond that of the traditional Jewish one--older son Van is seduced by the WASPish world of white bread neighbourhoods, frat boys and beautiful blond girls, and falls in love with stunner Dubbie (played by model Carolyn Murphy); Ben finds himself drawn to a black girl, Sylvia (Rebekah Johnson). A quiet rebellion thus results in the movie as the two boys get closer and closer to girls that are disapproved...

Author: By Cheryl Chan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Levinson Revisits Baltimore in Liberty Heights | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

...human as can be portrayed. Ben's parents are horrified by his attraction to a black girl, and his father especially is a criminal. Yet they are also the same ones who waltz with each other by candlelight, and go to jail with dignity and calm. Van's frat boy friend, Trey, is a drunkard and a friend of a bigot who picks fights with Jews, yet he also forms real affection for Van, and in a thoroughly confused but sweet gesture, tries to hook Van up with his girlfriend...

Author: By Cheryl Chan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Levinson Revisits Baltimore in Liberty Heights | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

There is a stereotype of the average frat guy. And there is a stereotype of the average gay man. In general, these two images do not overlap...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: With New Gay Frat, Members Challenge Stereotypes | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

...Because it's a frat, it's going to appeal to people more," Tan said. "Also, because the Harvard community is very incestuous, people are interested in plugging into groups in the Boston area...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: With New Gay Frat, Members Challenge Stereotypes | 1/14/2000 | See Source »

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