Word: isaiah
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...this, his one "race" film, Robeson plays both the venal "Reverend" Isaiah T. Jenkins - an ex-con who wows the faithful with his sermons and woos them with a brutal hand - and Isaiah's saintly brother Sylvester. Of course it's Isaiah who gets the screen time, because Robeson could seize the screen by pouring more of his roguish majesty into the part. Isaiah wows the church ladies with his orations, then sullies their virgin daughters and pockets his victims' life savings (hidden in a Bible!). The actor's playing here is as broad as Broadway, but Micheaux wasn...
Tall was instrumental in assisting head coach Tim Murphy during Harvard’s undefeated 2001 season. In 1999 and 2000, Tall’s defensive units led the Ivy League in rushing defense. Known as an accomplished linebacker coach as well, Tall has overseen such Crimson stars as Isaiah Kacyvenski ’00 and Dante Balestracci...
...curse to be beautiful? Tell that to the 6 billion people who aren't. Halle Berry--Miss Teen All-American, runner-up Miss USA and by acclamation one of the world's prime ravishers--is a gifted actress too. She has lent boldness and tact to Jungle Fever, Losing Isaiah and Bulworth; she has captivated TV viewers as Dorothy Dandridge and Alex Haley's Queen. All this hints at some divine conspiracy--or at least a case of unfair genetic competition. A glamour monopoly...
...West is above all a prophet—offering a “prophetic Christian perspective,” as he frequently puts it, on the evils of the contemporary world. Racism, homophobia, capitalist oppression of all stripes—these are the objects of West’s Isaiah-like wrath, which he calls down not only on the usual round of suspects, but on the black middle class, which he condemns for being “paid off” and castigates for their “conspicuous consumption and hedonistic indulgence.” Is there...
...losses: Neil Yanke, C, 6-11, 250 (12.5 ppg, 6.7 rpg); Isaiah Cavaco, G, 5-10, 170; Bill Parkhurst, C, Jr.; Tom Kritzer...