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Openers 22 Jacks led off with surprising energy, with frontman Joe Sib motivating the crowd with the verve of a pumped up fitness instructor. His enthusiasm rubbed off on the audience, and songs with achingly obvious but still infectious sing-along choruses didn't hurt one bit. 22 Jacks' solid, straight-ahead melodic punk would have been enough as an appetizer, but there was a special treat in store. Sib stepped off stage for a second and came back with none other than Dicky Barrett of Boston's ska-core heroes the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. The nattily clad Dicky then...
Much like her off-screen persona, Madonna plays Abbie, a single yoga instructor with a long history of unsuccessful relationships. Abbie's Rock of Gibraltar is her best friend Robert (Everett), a gay landscape architect who has not been so lucky in love himself. The two are best friends in every sense of the word-in times of crisis, they rely on one another for solace, comfort and companionship. However, their platonic relationship is soon threatened by the death of a close friend-they consequently drown their sorrows away by indulging in an afternoon of cocktails, dancing and inebriated revelry...
...Much of the discrepancy stems from the screenplay itself. The role of Abbie was originally envisioned as a swimming instructor, but after Madonna joined the cast, the character was not only given a change in occupation, but also remolded to better fit her own individual personality. Everett's character was fleshed out as well, and given a number of Rupertesque flourishes, such as when he spurns Madonna's character's interest and declares, "You are the woman I'd most like to...be." However, given that the two actors are basically playing themselves, the movie has a kind of lightness...
Like Harvard's program, the MOSS program catches similarities in submitted files and leaves the final plagiarism analysis up to the instructor...
...instructor answered kindly enough. "Come on in. My name's Mark...