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...doesn't take much to turn a first year Socrates into a senior Machiavelli. The first push along that road comes when bright young Veritas-seekers gets their first assignment back with grades that say "Surprise! You're a complete idiot...

Author: By Jendi B. Reiter, | Title: A Gentleman's 'B+' | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

...phone calls and later reneged on the promises made by the phone-sales staff. Only Roy got a job offer -- which he figured would pay him $5 an hour after expenses -- to work at the North Pole. Repeated demands for a refund went unanswered. "I feel like a stupid idiot," says Roy. "When somebody tells you to get ready and go in a month, you start tying up loose ends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nice Work If You Can Get It | 3/8/1993 | See Source »

...three roles have a taint of cliche: petty crook, idiot savant and mobster. What saves Orphans itself from cliche is the level of emotion that is maintained throughout. Playwright Lyle Kessler builds momentum nicely by shifting alliances and unearthing painful memories within this throwntogether family. A satisfyingly dramatic ending allows the two brothers to acknowledge the pain of their lives...

Author: By Sarah C. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Intimate, Intense Orphans | 1/15/1993 | See Source »

Pearl herself is being pursued by a mysteriously persistent suitor (Marcello Mastroianni) -- a sleek Italian rooster fluttering a hysterical Jewish hen house. She's wary, attracted, distracted all at once. What's worse, she's supposed to be endearingly eccentric. So is everyone else in a film that some idiot in the quote ads is sure to call heartwarming. Mind-numbing is more like it. What this bunch needs is a team of psychiatric social workers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The Christmas Films Don't Sparkle | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

...idiot sister," played by Andrea Thomes, is a mother in search of her dead babies. Aron flirts briefly with the notion of women victimized by their bodies and by men who want to control them...

Author: By Ashwini Sukthankar, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Despite Weak Structure, Ding Dong Chimes | 12/10/1992 | See Source »

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