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CALCUTTA, India—After New York’s 9/11, Madrid’s 3/11, and London??s 7/7, Bombay will now remember 7/11: Starting at 6:24 p.m. on Tuesday July 11, Bombay was rocked by seven successive, devastating blasts. Timers detonated bombs left in overhead luggage racks in first-class train compartments, ripping apart whole carriages, killing over 200 commuters, and injuring close to 800.By all accounts, Bombay has fought back. If terror attacks are meant, above all else, to cripple the lives and spirits of common people, then Bombay provided a fitting response?...
...novel, fast-paced and punctuated by the self-effacing wit of disguised autobiography, reads like a screenplay—but one that we have seen already. A talented attorney at one of London??s largest law firms, Williams has his life rattled by the appearance of a ne’er-do-well school friend from Ireland. Geordie literally shows up on Danny’s doorstep with ?50,000 in stolen money and intentions of staying with him long enough to avoid the Loyalist militia types who are after their money...
...didn’t take long for me to warm up to the music. Despite the low-to-the-ground implications of the genre’s name, this “grime”— a genre rooted in hip-hop and electronica that developed in London??can absolutely soar with a fun, funky fluidity. Just listen to opener “Get Set” by Low Deep, a messy mixture of cheap synthesizer drones, retarded drum machines, and the best dance party you’ve ever been to. Another highlight...
...serious downturn when World War II hits. Frears attempts to add gravity by using WWII themes, yet this only reveals how slight a comedy of manners the first part is. The director’s juxtaposition of actual stock footage of the war—including the bombing of London??against the theater’s musical numbers featuring naked girls highlights the falsity of the film’s recreation of the time...
...arts scene is pretty happening, and Cortauld is four blocks from where London??s newspapers are,” Schuker said...