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Perhaps one does need to be mad to be a genius. But very few people, especially at a school like Harvard, are willing to admit that they’re not perfect. And many of us are prime targets for depression and eating disorders; we are high-achieving students at a high-pressure institution, prone to scathing self-criticism and inflated expectations...
...existence—for the “process of dying by auto-dissolution afforded the greatest ecstasy known to man.” It’s not clear how the parts were meant to be linked, though early on Flora does refer to the “mad neurologist’s testament” her husband has been laboring over for years. Nabokov’s writing process as glimpsed here seems to have involved piling together neat phrases (e.g. “pinaforing her stomack with kisses” [sic]) in the hope that there would...
...release on Dec. 18, James Cameron's Avatar has monopolized the top box-office spot like some gigantic truck that not only takes up two lanes but also drives everyone else off the highway. To stop a road hog, send out a road warrior: the one and only Mad Max, Mel Gibson, a bona fide movie icon playing a trademark haunted-hero role in Edge of Darkness, his first starring role since Signs...
...these theological metaphors make the movie a potential magnet for Evangelical Christians - the first violent, R-rated Passion play since Mel Gibson's in 2004. Gibson had his own action franchises: the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon films. The Book of Eli needn't be that. It's fine as it is: a smart drama that marks a welcome return for the Hughes brothers while indelibly establishing the image of Denzel Washington as one tough, sanctified dude...
...Mad Men’s just snagged its third consecutive Golden Globe for Best Dramatic Television Series. So we’re thinking that this course, which delves into “expectations for manhood and womanhood as they play out in family lives, work, popular culture and politics” couldn’t be more timely. | M. W., 12. Link...