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...Kenneth Lee N Y Ron Lee (absent) (absent) Jonathan Leff N N Jimmy Lew N Y Ted Liazos Y Y Frank Lockwood Y Y Barbie Looney N N Teresa Lopes N N Evan Mandery (abstain) (abstain) Fran Mastroianni (absent) (absent) Mike Mathieu Y N Chris Medgalia N N Jane Mendez N N Marcus Mitchell (absent) (absent) Matt Newlin N N Beth Ortner Y Y Lori Outzs Y Y Ed Palleson (absent) (absent) Greg Pastore (absent) (absent) Josh Preven N Y Aaron Richmond N Y Jill Rosenfield Y Y Rudy Ruiz Y Y David Saef N N Greg Sands...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Final Club Roll Call Vote | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...then she remembered. It was the war." It characterizes a Hungarian discussing the liability of touring Budapest with a husband: "You do not see the moon and the river. You are thinking only of what you shall eat." The dryly insightful spinster, an honorable role since the days of Jane Austen, is no longer in vogue; Pym was the last of the line. This and her 13 previous and richer books show how much the type is to be missed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bookends: Feb. 29, 1988 | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

...called "Jigaboos" who are proud of their Blackness-they take pride in their heritage and the women let their hair grow naturally. Most of this conflict is acted out in a series of catfights between the Gamma Phi women, the Gamma Rays, led by the blond-haired, green-eyed Jane Toussaint (Tisha Campbell) and the Jigaboo women, led by Dap's girfriend Rachel Meadows (Kyme...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Sophomore Slump | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

THERE are moments, however, when Lee's originality and ability shine through. One example is a sex scene between Julian and Jane that is syncopated with a series of blackouts and music. It has a spooky quality and a charged, almost perverse sexuality...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Sophomore Slump | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

...addition to airing some touchy intra-racial conflicts, the movie has a good deal of nasty, misogynistic business. Besides the several exaggerated catfights there's an especially disturbing scene where Jane is forced to have sex with Half-Pint, the runt of the Gamma pledges (played unremarkably by Lee himself) as part of his initiation. All the audience has in the way of explanation for this type of slanted portrayal (Lee even stoops to the tired fat-women-are-funny gag) is the film's surreal epilogue contained in the last sequence...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Sophomore Slump | 2/26/1988 | See Source »

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