Word: heart
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...Albright, a stable Europe is central to our interests. Opposing ethnic cleansing is central to our values. And because of the world view bred into her bones and seared into her heart growing up, she believes that America's interests cannot be easily separated from its values. "We are reaffirming NATO's core purpose as a defender of democracy, stability and human decency on European soil," she says...
Originality aside, Star Wars, JAWS, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and dozens of other films simply wouldn't be the same without Williams' in the background, heightening the drama of every scene. Compare that to the occasional wisp of flute music reminiscent of "My Heart Will Go On" in Titanic, heralding the blast of the top-40 hit as the credits roll...
Though it would seem to have little in common with bellowing Italian tenors and symphony orchestras, King Kong is, at heart, an opera. A hip-hop opera. An opera for modern audiences. Or should I say postmodern audiences...
William Butler Yeats famously wrote that "The fascination of what's difficult/Has dried the sap out of my veins, and rent/Spontaneous joy and natural content/Out of my heart." Winning a Hoopes Prize or landing a killer job is difficult, hence in part its fascination. Toilet ball, by comparison, is easy. There is no minor league of toilet ball, no farm team where you struggle for years before you make the big time. There are no screaming fans either. When you walk on to the playing field for the first time, you're the equal of every toilet ball player that...
Perhaps it has something to do with what director George Lucas calls the "classical mythological motifs" which are at the very heart of the original trilogy. All of the elements of a fable are present--heroes, villains, fights to the death, miraculous rescues, betrayal, good vs. evil, mystery, political intrigue, romance, faith, and even a bit of the supernatural. But instead of reading about it in the Brothers Grimm, we get to watch it on the big screen with surround-sound. And instead of knights and princesses, evil stepmothers and swordfights, we get space travel and lightsabers, droids...