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...Vowell) and Dash (Spencer Fox) have gone into some witless protection program. The Parrs, as they are known, now endure a subpar life. Dash is punished at school for flashing his gift of meta-speed. Violet, who can disappear, is invisible to the boy she adores. Mom, now called Helen, copes with raising two troubled kids, while Mr. Incredible, now just plain Bob, faces a joyless desk job with thinning hair and a gigantic spare tire. He still does furtive good deeds, but when he makes a celebratory air punch, he throws his back out. He sounds like...
...past, a Pixar human was essentially a model of hollow skin, which was manipulated to mimic human body move- ment. The computer models for the lead cast of The Incredibles had muscles over which a sheath of skin was placed. So when Bob or Helen moves, it's the muscle that's animated, which causes the skin to move, which in turn gives the humans a much more solid presence. The Pixar team also worked hard to make the fabrics realistic (it took three months to nail one brief scene of Bob sticking his finger through a hole...
Come sit in the audience of NPR’s weekly radio program, etown, as they host a live taping. Hosted by Nick and Helen Forster, etown will feature the Cowboy Junkies and Madeleine Peyroux in this mix of musical performance and interview. Tickets $22, 26. Harvard Box Office (617) 496-2222. 8 p.m. Sanders Theater...
Some faculty members are concerned that we are not learning to think, that, in the words of Porter University Professor Helen Vendler, “Our students need to be taught the very process of introspection, a process lost amid the external pressures of career success.” Professor Vendler proposes that each student develop a list each year of books to read for pleasure, in order to develop a life-long excitement about reading and thought. The idea is well-meant, but seems quaint, considering the present reading overload to which we are subjected. Vendler worries that Harvard...
...Helen Vendler does not use e-mail,” the automated response reads, and offers a mailing address...