Word: melodrama
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...inventing wonderful people and then whacking them with the worst fate you can dream up. The Greeks imagined a king who killed his father and married his mother, and Shakespeare could hardly write a tragedy without a regicide angle. It's also been a running storyline on 24. Opera, melodrama, horror movies - all create worst-case scenarios, whose extremes teach home truths. Susan Sontag called science fiction "the imagination of disaster." The same goes for a genre that seeks the most lurid explanation for historical events. Call it poli...
...only surprising element in this family melodrama was Paramount's public airing of its displeasure - as if it wanted to sour all of Hollywood on Tom Cruise, and, by extension, other crazy or cranky stars, of which there are plenty. Since Redstone is not known for shooting from the lip, I'd guess that he, and perhaps other moguls, may be trying to tell its priciest talents that the era of $25 million paydays for a single picture - or the sort of star-studio deal that is lucrative only for the star - is over...
...fleeting and so precious. I pray Kinsley has a speedy recovery. Joseph Bichler Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S. Kinsley's essay is a masterpiece of good writing, humor and the human side of medicine. It's rare to find someone who can express a patient's feelings without resorting to melodrama and at the same time provide a coherent explanation of a disease and its treatment. The communication between doctor and patient would benefit from having a similar text for other conditions. José Emilio Batista, M.D., Ph.D. Barcelona, Spain Field of Dreams Despite the continuing inquest into Zidane's head...
...like to see movies about the decisions, on America's side and its enemies', that led to the attacks. Lawrence Wright's new book The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 has six movies' worth of solid melodrama in the turf wars, the battle of ideas, among government agencies. The story of John O'Neill, head of the FBI's al-Qaeda unit, and his struggle to pry essential information out of the CIA, can bring a reader to angry tears. (O'Neill, who will be the subject of a TV movie starring Havey Keitel, left...
Kinsley's Essay is a masterpiece of humor and good writing. He expressed a patient's feelings without resorting to melodrama and at the same time aptly explained a disease and its treatment. Communication between doctors and patients would benefit from having similar texts for other conditions...