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...witnessed a nation with a civilization as high as Germany's succumbing to such carefully calculated inhumanity. Nor has the mystery of that nation's behavior during the Nazi era remained so insolvable, so beyond the reach of art and scholarship, so beyond the reach, certainly, of earnest, inept works like Good, which remains, like most such works, on the anecdotal fringe of the problem. In film, the Holocaust has become a topic addressed by journeymen writers (Good was adapted by John Wrathall) and directors who seem to think that the importance of the subject will enhance the inherent modesty...
...simply, turned The Day the Earth Stood Still on its head and what's falling out of its pockets in that upended state is a stream of junk. It does not have the charm of what little boys sometimes carry around with them, but rather the nasty glitter of inept box office calculation. I suppose that doesn't make a lot of difference - the tradition of stupid remakes is a long and undistinguished one. But some of us do have good movie memories and strong affection for the indelible impressions left on us by the populist triumphs of the past...
...Beauty and the Geek” Being a student at Harvard automatically entitles me to a makeover, inept social skills, and a shot at a hot blonde! This could be the highlight of being an undergrad. 4. “Survivor” Don’t be a leader—people will hate you. Don’t be a floater—people will doubt you. Don’t lose. Don’t eat meals consisting solely of coconuts. Never express dissatisfaction or a desire to go home, even when extremely ill from only eating...
...It’s not that the United States is inept at punishing people. America has the largest total prison population in the world, and incarcerates people at rates four times higher than most other countries. Mandatory federal guidelines require a five-year sentence for a first-time offender individual caught with 500 grams of cocaine. But people balk at the idea of putting CEOs in prison. Obviously this is because having half a kilo of coke is much more damaging to the country as a whole than train wrecking the entire economy...
...John Galligan, one of the event’s co-curators; Said there were two types bad enough to be read in theaters. One type, he said, toward ambitious themes crept, But was “crippled by the fact that the execution was so technically inept.” The other bad poetry type is all About topics that are “inane” or “banal.” Galligan and Jon Haber, the other co-curato’ Are former hosts of the oddball TV show “Channel Zero...