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...beside Hi-Rise Bakery. And the poems were awful; there was no fakery. It was called the Bad Poets’ Society And this was the eighth time for such impropriety. Once there was a show shortly after 9/11, They’d decided to hold it, although the humor is irreveren’. That show, a success, was the first time Gene Doucette read, “A lot of people really needed a great laugh,” he said. This year, as usual, the poems were in groups. From “Travel?...

Author: By Joseph P. Shivers, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Bad Poet’s Society | 12/3/2008 | See Source »

...brought him down. The script by Dustin Lance Black, who worked on HBO's polygamy series Big Love (he was the only Mormon on the writing staff), is all about process: how Harvey Milk changed things. His style was charm mixed with genial bullying. He conveyed passion with good humor. In the movie, challenged by White to answer if two men can reproduce, he replies, "No, but God knows we keep trying." On the streets, he'd pick up a bullhorn and shout, "My fellow degenerates ... my name is Harvey Milk, and I'm here to recruit you." He pestered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milk: It's Good, and Good for You | 11/26/2008 | See Source »

...mean to say that the promise of witnessing Miley Cyrus’s feature film debut isn’t enough? Admittedly, “Bolt” is no “Finding Nemo,” but its bevy of quirky characters, endearing sense of humor and one awesome hamster are enough to make it worthwhile—if only for the kid in you. Bolt (John Travolta) is an American white shepherd whose owner is a teen celebrity named Penny (Miley Cyrus). Together they star in a TV show where Bolt uses his many superpowers to protect...

Author: By Rebecca J. Levitan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Bolt' | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...End” and “Movie,” or taking a clip of countdown reel as the entire substance of his work “Ten Second Film”—there is a kindness, a sense of nostalgia and good humor that the artist brings to his work that precludes strong criticism or hostility in favor of eccentric homage.Taking imagery into consideration, Conner is obsessed with the female form. The sixteen-minute pseudo-loop piece, 1973’s “Marilyn Times Five,” dwells, as if under hypnosis...

Author: By Ryan J. Meehan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: HFA Glances Back at Conner | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

...With its mix of whimsy and humor, the school has become a surprise hit in a land of supposedly reticent people. On its opening day, a thousand visitors passed through, some sprawling on a cheetah-print chaise longue for impromptu therapy sessions, others buying books shelved in categories like "For Those Who Have Fallen Profoundly and Unexpectedly in Love" and "For Those Whose Jobs Are Too Small For Their Spirit." It sounds hopelessly self-indulgent, but for anyone confronting existential angst, a dose of high-brow self-help can go a long way. "We start from the perspective that most...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of Living at The School of Life | 11/21/2008 | See Source »

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