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...liberalism excludes all those who do not agree with him. Perhaps Green would be better off if he stopped "shaking his angry fists at the campus" and started using his hands to do something more useful than writing a self-righteous condemnation of the Harvard student body. TERRENCE M. McNEIL...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Students Not So Selfish | 2/5/1998 | See Source »

Hooters didn't try to claim that femininity was essential to serving food; rather, that scantily clad waitresses are integral to its marketing. As spokesman Mike McNeil put it, "Our business is female sex appeal, and in order to have that, you've got to be a female." To twist an old saying, Hooters sells the jiggle, not the steak...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEXISM WILL BE SERVED | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

Affleck is best known for his roles as Shannon Hamilton in Mallrats and as Holden McNeil in Chasing Amy, both written and directed by Kevin Smith. Damon played Ilario in Courage Under Fire...

Author: By Jessie M. Amberg, | Title: New Robin Williams Movie Filming in Square | 5/21/1997 | See Source »

Case in point: Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck). He draws underground comic books with his boyhood pal Banky (Jason Lee). Then he meets Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), also a comix artist, and falls into obsession. The problem is, she's a lesbian. Well, nobody's perfect. And, indeed, she's not perfectly gay, for eventually she succumbs to Holden's passion. This makes him feel terrific--the superstud who has conquered the unconquerable. Except that Banky--who has some homoerotic issues of his own to sort out--discovers otherwise. Alyssa has had male lovers in the past. This devastates Holden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: YOUNG AND RESTLESS | 4/7/1997 | See Source »

...moved up slightly?color film, more than one setting, scenes with actual extras in them. But he?s still a guy making two-shots of people talking about their troubles, working them through on the basis of faulty information and silly suppositions. Case in point: Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck). He draws underground comic books with his boyhood pal Banky (Jason Lee). Then he meets Alyssa (Joey Lauren Adams), also a comix artist, and falls into obsession. The problem is, she?s a lesbian. Well, nobody?s perfect. And, indeed, she?s not perfectly gay, for eventually she succumbs to Holden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Weekend Entertainment Guide | 3/30/1997 | See Source »

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