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...Family cannot be without its challenges, chief amongst which must be projecting a sense of openness while maintaining their own privacy. One can only imagine the forethought that led up to last week’s announcement from the First Lady’s Office regarding the artworks that Mr. and Mrs. Obama will be borrowing from Washington museums to decorate their private home, as well as the parts of the White House’s East and West wings. However, rules dictated by the Committee for the Preservation of the White House serve to limit a building-wide aesthetic...
...Where the Wild Things Are” is the first in a series of prominent children’s book adaptations that will hit theatres in the coming months, including Wes Anderson’s take on Roald Dahl’s “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and Tim Burton’s live-action remake of Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Thankfully, Jonze steers clear of the common, sanitized book-to-film route that so many directors have followed in the past...
...sectionals, Sue realizes that “the minority students” are feeling unheard, and decides to sow discord, picking an all-minority team and finally allowing Kurt and Mercedes to “try something a little more black.” Drama ensues. After publicly accusing Mr. S. of “bigotry” and burning his music, Sue vows to get him fired. On his lovable wife’s advice, Mr. Schue gets “down in the gutter” and flunks almost all the Cheerios. Turns out girls...
...empowerment” theme, too, but we’re unsure about the show’s handling of minorities. This has been a problem from the beginning: Kurt’s coming out, for example, was handled with surprising respect. But are we to read Mr. Ryerson as a villainous pedophile or as an offensive gay stereotype? “Throwdown” addresses these issues with mixed results, succeeding in being considerate yet funny, but failing to deepen the most stereotyped characters. We like that Mercedes’ dad is a dentist, but having her announce...
Then there's the fact that Britain has always stood apart from central E.U. policies such as the common currency. "The very candidacy of Mr. Blair is a slap in the face for Europe," says Philippe Moreau Defarges, European-affairs specialist for the French Institute of International Relations. "The U.K.'s habit of participating only in those E.U. projects it wants to be involved with" is a strike against a Blair presidency, he says. The Benelux countries - the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg - feel the same...