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...American as apple pie. Cable Television is a staple in nearly every household and college dorm room in America. Why should the Harvard houses be the exception? Every Harvard resident should be able to watch Ab and Magnus hoist compact cars over their heads or buy a limited edition Joan Rivers hairpin on the Home Shopping Network. Fiddling with the antenna for five channels went out of style with the rotary phone and leaded gasoline...
...Joan J. Ryoo '97-'98 said she is spending a lot on rent, but added: "I know I'm spending a lot less on food than I was on the meal plan...
...talented Ang Lee directs this film about uneasy family relationships in the restess, promiscuous 1970s with crystalline precision. As the leaders of two archly funny but disturbingly bleak suburban clans, Kevin Kline, Joan Alen and Sigourney Weaver give refreshingly honest performances, but the film's ending sadly offers their characters no redemption. The ice storm, as a natural symbol of change and the wiping away of sins, is like Noah's flood without the rainbow...
...down when he's declared gay by a former student-turned-star (Matt Dillon) constitutes Hollywood's own coming-out comedy about homosexuality. It's therefore an appropriately bland comedy that ends up reinforcing, not puncturing, gay stereotypes, and doesn't get enough out of a cast which includes Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Debbie Reynolds and Bob Newhart. Kline still manages to rise above the plodding humor, esp. in his showstopping dance scenes; and Selleck is terrifically funny as the sleazy, sardonic, faintly Mephistophelean tabloid reporter who dogs his footsteps...
...talented Ang Lee has directed this film about uneasy family relationships in the restless, promiscuous culture of the 70s with crystalline precision. As the leaders of two archly funny but distrurbingly bleak surburban clans, Kevin Kline, Joan Allen and Sigourney Weaver give refreshingly honest performances, but the film's ending sadly offers their characters no hint of redemption. The ice storm in this film, as a natural symbol of change and the wiping away of sins, is like Noah's flood without the rainbow...