Word: manically
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...commits suicide in the year 2000 ("At least I got to miss 9/11") and lands in a sort of limbo, where she is reincarnated as, among other things, an abused child and a dog. Veronica is played by the dimpled Kristine Nielsen, whose performance is less depressive than manic; she orates her grudges with the gale force of one of those crazy people who enters a crowded subway car and shouts her conviction that the end is nigh into the ear of the nearest standee. But Nielsen gets the message across: that, whatever our scarred life histories, we ultimately make...
...geopolitical importance of this Sri Lankan--born, London-raised rapper has been heavily overstated by people who would rather she were a symbol than a star. Her manic energy and supremely confident delivery on such songs as Galang (now the sound track to a Honda commercial) matches her ear for those small production details that turn songs into bustling streets in foreign capitals. That's the combination, instead of her blend of ethnicities, that makes this the most compelling debut of the year...
...M.I.A. Arular; $13.98 The geopolitical importance of this Sri Lankan-born, London-raised rapper has been heavily overstated by people who would rather she were a symbol than a star. Her manic energy and supremely confident delivery on such songs as Galang (now the sound track to a Honda commercial) matches her ear for those small production details that turn songs into bustling streets in foreign capitals. That's the combination, instead of her blend of ethnicities, that makes this the most compelling debut of the year. Best Tracks: Galang, Bucky Done...
...case you didn't notice, The Producers, in its several incarnations, basically benignly blesses the low-business heart of anything-goes show business. The film-from-a-musical-from-a-film is a hard-driving hymn to crooked producers, manic sight gags and a complete indifference to questions of good taste and large meaning...
...something like that. Jujitsu is an ancient and honorable political strategy: if you are clever, you can upend your opponent by leveraging the force of his own assertions. But these are not clever times in Washington. The President has taken to the manic repetition of the word victory, apparently on the advice of a Duke University professor, Peter Feaver, a new addition to the National Security Council staff. Feaver conducted a cold-blooded review of recent polling and concluded that the American public would be more tolerant of the carnage if victory, whatever that means, were the likely result...