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...play, however, is not about Tillie’s project, but rather the abusive atmosphere of her family. Though quiet and meek, Tille struggles against her resentful mother and dreams of a career exploring the mysteries of the atom. Her mother, Beatrice (Sharon O. Doku ’05), is a broken woman whose difficult life has caged her in their small, squalid home. Because she resents her fate, she terrorizes Tillie, her other daughter, Ruth (Sasha G. Weiss ’05), and the decrepit old boarder for whom she cares (Megan L. Gaffney...
...allegiance” declared by these fans is to the bands that give them an outlet where they can vent their frustrations, which manifest themselves either in the form of mosh pit violence or stadium screaming. The Worcester Centrum was not a place for the meek this past Tuesday night, as two of the most popular acts in heavy metal brought out many of the skinheaded/long-haired, tattooed, pierced, goateed, leather loving, adrenaline-hunting denizens of the greater New England area. System of a Down and Slipknot shared the headlining slot on the ticket, but with their unrivaled stage-show...
...Film No. 13 (Fly)” (1970), in which a woman’s naked body is transformed into a surreal landscape as the camera takes on the perspective of the horsefly scouring her surface. Ono’s trademark vocal stylings provide the soundtrack. Though meek and childlike in conversation, her voice is fantastically visceral in art: Imagine crossing the frenzied whine of a boiling teapot with the grunts of a man raised by apes...
Look, no one expects Summers to turn Harvard into a commune. In fact, I’ve spoken to many people—otherwise meek progressive types—who get a secret thrill at the prospect of Summers aggressively wielding tyrannical authority, and who relish the thought of Summers, say, sitting down with law school administrators and telling them to pack their bags for Allston. Such scenarios are appealing because there is a real need for greater centralization, a real need to end the chaos that masquerades as a “philosophy” of decentralization. It hinders...
...went into turnaround, and ideas were hatched that seemed doomed from the start, Southern did produce completed screenplays for all of them. Some of the most valuable passages in Hill's book offer tantalizing glimpses at these heretofore unseen scripts, including a project instigated by Peter Sellers about a meek, mild-mannered Pentagon auditor who stumbles onto the labyrinthine workings of the international arms trade...