Word: helpful
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...reduce socioeconomic and racial divisions by empowering underprivileged kids with paid employment in the arts in Boston. Project East, however, was the only show of the three to donate directly back to the community which supported them: in 2009, profits went to the China Tomorrow Education Fund to help build a school in rural China...
...Parent, who is still very much involved with Project East from his fashion post in Shanghai, the charity status is important for more personal reasons. “It was also a good way for me to give back to [my community] and to help promote my own ethnic group, their talent and credibility, in an industry that doesn’t really appreciate that—or at least didn’t when I started...
...lost in the numerous subplots which, though funny, often seem excessively tangential. A gay midget, a high boyfriend, a stubborn ex, and a financially irresponsible brother dominate the plot throughout, and while in some ways the circuitous nature of the film is intentional, one can’t help but picture the actors as the proverbial “chickens with their heads cut off” as they run from place to place in the film with overarching motivation...
...Burgerman was a way to tell a story,” said Novey, who finished the marathon in a little over 4 hours. “How I was tapping into my passion for burgers to help education quickly became a story for all of us of how we as citizens can all tap into our resources...
...other words, collages are “real” in that they do not attempt to distort or to reduce the absurdity of the universe into palatable packages for the viewer to take away; they are “real” because they help to explain that absurdity to a viewer who is all too often deceived into believing that some easy, take-away message exists in every inexplicable situation...