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...they physically died. The other half of the group was asked to think and write about dental pain - decidedly unpleasant, but not quite as threatening. The researchers then set about evaluating the volunteers' emotions: First, the students were given standard psychological questionnaires designed to measure explicit affect and mood. Then they were given assessments of nonconscious mood: in word tests, volunteers were asked to complete fragments such as jo_ or ang_ _ with letters of their choice. Some word stems were intended to prompt either neutral or emotionally positive responses, such as jog or joy; others could be filled in neutrally...
...final pitch wafted into Jason Varitek’s glove, into “History,” I felt myself in a mood of serenity, even reconciliation with the Red Sox franchise. I congratulated my friends who had not acted like douche-bags—after all, as a baseball fan who has never experienced the rapture of his team winning a World Series, I still have enough reverence for the game to know that it at least deserves a slap on the back. I also reflected: Perhaps this is the end of an era for Boston...
...Come the fall, and the studios think filmgoers are in a gentler mood. So we get the more traditional mode of movie romance - the kind Hollywood specialized in for ages before it went out of style in the 90s - but which now might be called chick comedy. The protagonist is still a man (the moguls seeming to believe that no actress draw the big crowds), but romantic connection is the goal. And the tone is on the soft side. Chick comedy is about men compromising: trying to be nice, keeping secrets, coping with frustration and embarrassment, finding the middle...
...Spartan at Thermopylae. Emily Blunt, a beguiler in My Summer of Love and The Devil Wears Prada, brightens up a scene in a bar. And when Act 3 finally rolls around, Dan and Marie have a pretty tryst at a bowling alley, and the movie locates the sweet mood it's been seeking...
...muscles. However, Porter’s accompanying dance truly made the poems come to life. While speaking the poems aloud, Porter skipped, twirled, ran, rotated, lay, jumped, crunched, and curled all over the stage, using that single chair as a point of refocus and occasional music as a mood intensifier. All other aspects of the stage and set were empty, giving the performance a raw, bare-bones aesthetic. Just as Shakespeare’s plays are meant to be performed, not merely read, “Namely, Muscles” asks to be interpreted through movement and dance. Porter seemed...