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...Ladder 49?...
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...Ladder 49 headlines Joaquin Phoenix as firefighter Jack Morrison and John Travolta as Mike Kennedy, captain of Ladder 49 in the Baltimore Fire Department. Despite the hero worship of firefighters post-9/11, the film is in fact touching and sometimes gently funny, tracing one man’s trials and tribulations—as well as honors and accolades. Phoenix is fantastic, but Travolta has an airy nonchalance totally incongruous with the seriousness of some situations. Director Jay Russell creates an familial world of jovial camaraderie sweet and good-natured enough to overlook its implausibility...
...will Ladder Theory be coming soon to a Core near you? Though several professors from the Sociology, Psychology and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality departments declined comment, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology Steven Pinker gave the impression that it may take a second Curricular Review before Ladder Theory finds its way into Harvard sourcebooks...
However, Shawn J. Anchor ’00, Head Teaching Fellow for Psychology 1504: Positive Psychology and Literature and ArtsA-18: Fairy Tales, Children’s Literature, and the Construction of Childhood, sees possible uses for the Theory. Anchor says, “The Ladder Theory does wonders for the self-esteem of female footstools and ‘nice guys who think they should be getting more play’ everywhere by reminding them that looks and money, not just their personality, are to blame. It is rumored to be the homepage for the Yale Marching Band...