Word: incest
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...Christian Bale’s performance in “American Psycho.” It’s a scene that will remind college viewers of one too many dorm parties, with their esoteric meaningless ritual. Most surprising was the director’s enthusiasm for the incest plot narrative. It is not exploitive; their love is the only thing that seems to bring these people happiness and I found myself voting for the success of their love. There is also the excitement murder can bring to people whose lives seem to have no purpose. Art?...
...jelly sandwich. An English concentrator, Mitnick’s senior thesis is a dark musical comedy called “Cardhouse” that he hopes will be “unlike most musicals people see.” The musical, which grapples with the difficult themes of adultery, incest, and autism, will be read at the Loeb Ex on May 15 and 16. Mitnick says he regrets that musicals are not seen as “a venue to discuss serious issues the way that some plays and movies are.” To this end, he said...
...Marshall (“Pretty Woman”) film “Georgia Rule.” The message in the film attracted Fonda: “It’s a good story. It addresses issues that I’m dealing with [in] my organization—incest...
...Racial overtones aside, sexual assault is a horrifyingly common crime in this country (about one in six American women is a victim of rape or attempted rape, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network). The town-gown relations between Duke and Durham have been historically uneasy. And one would expect better from students at one of the country's top-ranked universities. We definitely expect better than the vile e-mail written by one of the players, Ryan McFayden, in which he invited his friends to watch him kill more strippers and "cut their skin...
Towne’s screenplay matches perfectly with the subtle horror touches of Roman Polanski’s direction (until then best known for “Rosemary’s Baby”) to hold the viewers rapt through a strange plot involving water, money, murder, and incest...