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...absence of stimulating conversation adds to the film's clumsy, amateur appearance. Most of the dialogue is either narrative or banal, offering little insight into the characters as people. When the characters are occasionally developed. Bridges resorts to stereotypes. Mike carries around a black book with names of available women; Betty's erudite and artsy boyfriend quotes platitudes like "The ephemeral is the eternal"; and when Mike promises Betty "This time I'll call and come," she can't resist responding wittily "last time you called and came...
...writing fiction and poetry is well-founded. The value of the book reviews included (analyses of Kate Millett's autobiography Flying Marge Pwrey's Woman on the Edge of Time, and the works of Adrienne Rich, E.L. Doctorow and Tillie Olsen) lies not so much in their sparkling insight; rather, they reveal Atwood's developing ideas on feminism and female expression...
...given to the woefully rushed moments of tension between parents, lovers and bosses. But paradoxically, these laborious description also redeem the book and make it worth our attention, no matter how much stylistic damage they wreak. Though The Real World fails as a piece of fiction, it offers sobering insight into the white collar world. Revealed in all its stark vacuity is the antiseptic, materialistic world of budget sheets, computers and industry analyses that soaks up precious energy of today's young executives. Any humanist contemplating a business career should read The Real World before entering into what may later...
...business, except to detail the contract feuds between Cobb and Tiger owner Frank Navin. He portrays Cobb as an ugly racist, but doesn't ever explore what Cobb thought about the desegregation of the game after he retired. Answering these questions might have provided an interesting glimmer of insight into American pop culture during the years Cobb lived, 1886 to 1961. As it is, Alexander offers a penetrating psychobiology of one of the greatest American sportsmen of the century. It's a lot of fun for the fanatics, but probably a bit tiresome for those who wanted a glimpse...
...writers Nava and Anna Thomas have created a fat-free and vibrant script; virtually every line is soaked with relevance and insight. The spareness of El Norte's storyline never lapses into maudlin simplicity; on the contrary, it only fosters depth. The straightforward courage of its central figures (ingenuously portrayed by unknown actors) accentuates the tragedy of their fates. "All things are lent to us," Rosa chants at her father's funeral, an astonishingly forgiving utterance, given the circumstances. But it is precisely such humility and understatement that imbues the story with disturbing conviction...