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...reviews and give it lots of Oscar nominations. But as one of the movie?s admirers, I?m sticking to my story: that this far-East fairy tale, about the geisha Cinderella (Zhang Ziyi), her wicked stepsister (Gong Li), her fairy godmother (Michelle Yeoh) and the faraway prince (Ken Watanabe) she dreams of, is a delicate, robust and emotionally satisfying throwback to the sweeping romances Hollywood once specialized in and now mostly ignores. Its visual splendor never obscures the furtive, assertive heart beating under the kimono. I loved seeing most of my favorite Chinese actresses in one movie (even...
...best demonstrated in a scene in which Sayuri debuts in a solo dance, swaying crazily over the stage, her hair flying wildly over a white kimono—while she is performing for all of Kyoto, her facial expressions convey that she is personally dancing for the Chairman (Ken Watanabe) whom she loves. There is always the risk that Hollywood’s sound and visual effects will ruin the text’s literary merit, but the cinematic techniques of “Memoirs of a Geisha” actually enhance the tone and mood of the story...
...hopes of delivering a win that could help mobilize their base in 2006. Meanwhile, G.O.P. strategists think they will benefit from what they say is yet another political blunder by the party that resisted creating the Homeland Security department before the 2002 elections. Said Republican National Committee chairman Ken Mehlman: "It seems amazing Democrats would go down this road again...
...IMPLEMENT TIME OFF Whether it's four hours a month or six days a year, Wachovia employees are guaranteed paid time off for community service. A glowing, comprehensive memo from corporate community-service advocate and CEO Ken Thompson on the year's employee-volunteer accomplishments (600,000 volunteer hours in 2004) is another company tactic to facilitate charitable action...
...scarf, entertaining the whole venue. Sunburned took a break to announce “We’re the J. Geils Band, but there ain’t no centerfold fucking up here,” before heading back into their passionate self-indulgence. They were a modern-day Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, playing with delay pedals, riffing and rapping their sound into a violent moaning crescendo. Chief Hand convulsed in spasmodic ecstasy on the floor beneath the silver scarf of his tribal flag. “Now the secret’s out…no more...