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Unlike those in The Joy Luck Club, the characters in Better Luck Tomorrow do not dwell on the fact that they are Asian-Americans. They’re just teenagers living the American life, navigating the painfully comic and sometimes tragic terrain of adolescence...
...really do believe we will be greeted as liberators," said Vice President Dick Cheney on March 16--and he was hardly the only Administration warrior to believe it. In the White House vision, freed Iraqis would dance with joy from the very first days of the war. Pictures of happy, liberated Iraqis were crucial to the plan, since the Bush team counted on those images to help persuade Saddam's army to surrender, inspire civilians across the country to rise against the regime and defuse global opposition to the U.S. campaign. Iraqis may yet exhibit gratitude, but the "rose petal...
...point is striking: that the Majesticons of the real world are in danger of assimilating into the ruling class, against which hip-hop has traditionally struggled. It is this tension between celebration and censure that rings true to fans of the music, and makes Beauty Party at once a joy and a challenge...
...look of the war, barring a an unexpected uprising, coup or decapitation strike on Saddam's hiding place, there may be much death and destruction in Iraq before it is all over. I'm guessing that the leveling of Baghdad, if that tragedy were to occur, would counteract Iraqi joy at Saddam's demise...
...grand scheme of things, these events mean little outside of the momentary joy or heartache that each game brings. Put into perspective, frankly, it’s all quite frivolous, especially in light of current events...