Word: lande
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Some of the coincidences he presents are so unlikely as to be laughable, and much of his symbolism (the fact that both Otto and Ana's names are palindromes, the attraction of a land where the sun never sets) goes unresolved the audience knows that these elements are supposed to be revealing of something but they are too underdeveloped to truly say anything. Medem simply has too much going on in his script to tie all the pieces together, to link all of the interesting elements he presents into a thematically unified whole...
Some of the coincidences he presents are so unlikely as to be laughable, and much of his symbolism (the fact that both Otto and Ana's names are palindromes, the attraction of a land where the sun never sets) goes unresolved the audience knows that these elements are supposed to be revealing of something but they are too underdeveloped to truly say anything. Medem simply has too much going on in his script to tie all the pieces together, to link all of the interesting elements he presents into a thematically unified whole...
...rush to reassemble everything from its self-conscious rubble can still be stomached. Put postmodernism in your mouth and you'll find it's indigestible. Thankfully, and refreshingly, kitsch-pop masters Pizzicato Five can still render postmodernism an enjoyably tasteful joy ride. They trip through safe and smiley TV-land in a jalopy heap slapped together from '60s and jap pop, hip hop beats, funk threads, classical samples, bossa nova riffs and exotica, running on smooth easy-listening gas. Maki Nomiya and Yasuharu Konishi blend and blush an all-Japanese soundtrack to the imaginary lifestyle of the international playboy/girl...
However, there is heartening news to report from the land of the Resume Contest. Of the dozens of posters cluttering the entrance to Eliot House, many, including the Resume Contest poster, have little tabs cut out on the ends so that interested parties can tear off a phone number or e-mail address. While students had torn off the contact information for everything from yard sales to martial arts performances, as of yesterday, one lone poster's tabs remained entirely pristine and untouched: the Resume Contest's. In the land of competing fluorescent fantasies, no one was interested. Dara Horn...
...that Radcliffe has thrown in the towel and ceded its land to Harvard, the admissions brochure, our diplomas and the Harvard-Radcliffe Science Fiction Association will no longer be sporting its moniker. But those are the least of the changes in store; the biggie will hit when Radcliffe stops manufacturing all that other cool stuff with its name on it. True, Harvard regalia rules the Square, but girls and boys looking for some Radcliffe gear are not yet in trouble. The Harvard Shop on Mass. Ave stocks a Radcliffe kiddie T-shirt option, albeit somewhat hidden under piles of "Make...