Word: humor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very faithful to the book. About 95 percent of the script--about all the dialogue and all the scenes are from the book. They have really focused in on the black humor elements of it. Listen, I've sold the rights. I don't know if it will necessarily make a great movie. I think part of what makes it worked and why people liked it had inherently to do with it being a novel. I don't know if what they like about it can be translated to the screen. That's the only thing...
Students say they appreciated his lecturing ability and sense of humor. Professor of Mathematics Clifford H. Taubes also praised the visiting professor...
After we got over the initial shock, it turned merely to humor, and all of a year elapsed before we welcomed Albert back in to the fraternity...
Finally, I urge the council to stop making excuses for its lackluster performance. One need only hear the self-deprecating humor of council members over turnout at general meetings to realize that the council is well aware of its pitfalls. Don't fall prey to the Clinton syndrome and deny allegations you know to be true. Admit to your faults and then, instead of hiding behind the excuse that other people badmouth you, devote your energies to publicizing your good points. Sitting around and waiting for campus publications to give you favorable write-ups is a worthless venture...
Best of all, this movie causes no nightmares. Don't get me wrong--there are enough adrenaline pumping, seat-gripping moments in this film to satisfy anyone looking for a scare. As fun as these horror scenes are, however, the real entertainment of The Faculty lies in its selfmocking humor. In one deliciously droll scene, the entire faculty, possessed by those very, very thirsty aliens, sits in the teacher's lounge drinking down coolers full of water in slow motion...