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...answered, with the hint of a smile, "but when will you make me happy? I keep waiting for my turn...
...even with all that doom and gloom threatening the future, The Phantom Menace isn't all that menacing. It doesn't let on what's in store for Anakin or even hint at a latent evil within him (although master Yoda is fervent in his assertion that he senses danger in the boy). The story doesn't really center on Anakin but on the Jedi, which is probably a mistake, because neither Qui-Gon nor Obi-Won is an engaging enough character to give the movie the gas it needs to really move...
...Close Range's weakest stories, "Job History," "55 Miles to the Gas Pump" and "A Lonely Coast," the litaneous recurrence of tragedy does become uninteresting: one begins, at times, to wish for a hint of lives that are not being slowly ground down. But these are remarkably few weak points in a collection of 11 stories: and in stories like "The Half-Skinned Steer," "The Mud Below," and, most strikingly, "Brokeback Mountain," Proulx reasserts herself with a force that has grown and become refined since the fine Heartsongs collection. She has developed herself as a chronicler of memory...
...Close Range's weakest stories, "Job History," "55 Miles to the Gas Pump" and "A Lonely Coast," the litaneous recurrence of tragedy does become uninteresting: one begins, at times, to wish for a hint of lives that are not being slowly ground down. But these are remarkably few weak points in a collection of 11 stories: and in stories like "The Half-Skinned Steer," "The Mud Below," and, most strikingly, "Brokeback Mountain," Proulx reasserts herself with a force that has grown and become refined since the fine Heartsongs collection. She has developed herself as a chronicler of memory...
...most of all about the school yard murders like the recent one in Littleton, Colo., and view them as a sign that values are declining in the United States. The location is again important. These shootings aren't happening in schools with metal detectors at the door (always a hint that your child's safety may be in question), situated in the inner city and surrounded on a daily basis by violence and drugs. These are affluent suburban public high schools, the home of the same soccermoms who showed their voting power in Bill Clinton's election...