Word: moralisms
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...real mystery of the film—beyond how the director failed to incite a sexual spark between the gorgeous leads—is why Robert “The RZA/Ruler Zig-Zag-Zig Allah/ Rzarector Prince Rakeem/” Diggs was cast as its moral center and tragic antihero. The hip-hop MC, best known for his work in the East Coast hardcore crew the Wu-Tang Clan, has also composed film soundtracks, including those of both “Kill Bill”’s and “Blade: Trinity.” While...
...forgiveness and faith—it prevents the audience from wholly identifying with the two-dimensional Orthodox characters. The director’s blatant stereotyping of the “bad” non-Orthodox guests and the “good” Jewish Basangas seems over moralizing and detracts from the characters’ believability. When one exits the theatre, the religious maxims continue to echo, but the characters’ emotions remain as distant as at the opening credits. The film informs a Western audience on the teachings of Orthodox Judaism and is generally entertaining...
...such sincerity, such manifest sincerity and simplicity, as I did from that elderly marine? The answers to these questions were as quick to arrive as they were unpleasant, and I felt a profound sense of insufficiency, one that would only double later that morning as I helped lower the moral remains of my grandfather into the ground.Although my attention had wandered, I was alert enough to gauge from the speaker’s rhythm and timing that his brief eulogy was coming to an end. The marine looked at the casket, and, his voice quivering, said one more thing that...
...physics concentrator, for example, could take a full year foundational course on Western history, a full year foundational course on European books, and courses on moral reasoning and globalization to complete his general education requirements under the report’s proposal...
...market decide—both student demand and faculty supply,” said Bass Professor of English and American Literature and Language Louis Menand, a member of the Committee on General Education.The report recommends that students continue to take courses in analytic reasoning, quantitative analysis, and in moral reasoning, but does not require that they do so.The combination of these two systems of general education—broad, integrative “Courses on General Education” and narrower departmental courses—provides an even greater breadth of options for students, but some faculty members are unsure...