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...Broadway producer who sets out to create a bomb show so he can run off with all the investors' money. Young Frankenstein is, by contrast, mainly a series of goofs on old horror-movie clichés - gags that don't resonate as well on stage, and that lack the comic propulsion that keeps The Producers moving along. That puts a lot more burden on the usual Brooksian jokes about big knockers and small penises - which, as a result, seem more desperate this time around. The Producers was comedy; Young Frankenstein is shtick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Young Frankenstein: Monster Mashed | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...especially actors, we all have insecurities, and [a typical director] will make you feel bad about them or put you on a pedestal you don’t belong on,” he says. “But the great thing about working with the Coens was their lack of ego, so it becomes only about the work. You become a worker.”And Brolin has worked. This past year, he has acted in four films, and has written and directed a three-hour play. That jock older brother from “The Goonies?...

Author: By Bram A. Strochlic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brolin Reveals 'Country' Secrets | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

...either with the U.S. or against it. Musharraf chose to help, and Pakistan played an important part in tracking down key terrorist leaders as well as fighting al-Qaeda and the Taliban in the rugged mountains and lawless tribal areas along the border with Afghanistan. But whether through lack of will or lack of ability, Pakistan's army has struggled to keep up the fight--despite massive injections of cash and weapons from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pakistan's State of Emergency | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...Rules of Order were to be abandoned in favour of willy-nilly consensus building! The very purpose of any committee—to encourage safely contained confrontation—would be undermined completely if the objective suddenly became finding ways to agree about things. Worse still, a lack of vote tallies leaves some room for interpretation—those who rely on committees to make decisions for them might have to decide things for themselves. That would sink the Harvard administration once...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Multi-Tasked | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

Adam Coffin, a research analyst for Rep. Jay Kaufman (D-Arlington), said the bill met with little opposition, despite the fact that states lack jurisdiction over foreign policy. It was passed by both houses of the state legislature, with considerable support from community activists and key legislators, Coffin said...

Author: By Maria Y. Xia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Patrick Signs Divestment Bill | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

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