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...evident in the first scene, the film works well with its setting, using location to spark ironically amusing dialogue. The airport, where Kirk works as a TSA agent along with his friends, provides a humorous backdrop for their conversations about Kirk’s relationship with Molly; instead of moving the lines through his security check, as a TSA agent, Kirk spends much of his time at work chatting—offering an explanation as to why airport security lines are so long. In another scene, Kirk and his friends go around on an empty baggage carousel as they discuss...
...prolonged and farcical state of grief and lamentation. The Washington Post’s Robin Givhan, for one, bewailed how “Rogers’s departure has the fashion industry practically in mourning. No one has expressed a whiff of excitement over her replacement, Julianna Smoot. Instead, there’s concern that Washington might end up in cultural retreat...
...songwriting, Ward’s arrangements could have pushed themselves much further. The mixture of influences—doo-wop, Motown, old-school country music—makes the album feel fairly fresh, but it also inhibits it. Ward does not appear comfortable with any musical innovations, instead relying on decades-old standbys like harmonizing girlish voices and handclaps on “Home...
...pottery has been used as a libation vessel and as a form of paying tribute—people would present each other with golden vessels. It was something to treasure. Pottery became symbolic of that ceremony, only we don’t give golden vessels any more—instead we give bare bowls...
...band members never quite reveal the pretense—or if there even is a pretense—behind their show of weirdness. Unfortunately, despite its musical strength, “Under Great White Northern Lights” provides little response to the fan’s question, opting instead for an unfocused, superficial look at the White Stripes...