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...lamentable that Mamet’s actual writing doesn’t do a better job of motivating his arguments, because he does occasionally make truly insightful observations. In a chapter titled “Hunting Instincts?? he compares the theatrical experience to that of a hunt, insofar as the audience experiences a primal drive to follow the plot along. He uses this metaphor to account for the suspension of disbelief: “We suspend the rational process of intellectualization, which is to say, of the comparison of phenomenon to idea, which is a process too slow...
...director of undergraduate admissions The list of things I don’t know is long, and unprintable, and would embarrass me. But I’ll respond by telling you that I don’t understand why prospective college students don’t trust their own instincts??especially those of their own hearts—in choosing a college. Intellectual analysis doesn’t answer the important life questions...
...movie also avoids exploring the intriguing social question posed by the similarity between both Burnham’s and Meg’s familiar devotion. Whereas Meg’s struggles to protect her daughter are portrayed as valiant and admirable—a mother’s natural instincts??Burnham’s motives for breaking into the Altman’s brownstone, while objectively no less admirable, (his drive to reach the millions hidden in the panic room is motivated by his need to finance his fight for the custody and protection of his children...
...Boston Herald praised Summers’ “instincts?? on the issue, and held out hope that Summers was more open to revising the ROTC policies than Harvard’s liberal Faculty...
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