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...humdrum plot. A whirling and occasionally unfocused camera heightens the camp of the freak show, filled with the patchwork tents and car parts that form the wandering circus’ home. This cozy shantytown contrasts perfectly with the imposing black car of the evil Desmond “Mr.” Tiny (Michael Cerveris), whose license plate, “Des-Tiny,” is one of the film’s many ingratiating flourishes...
...combining the character’s vaudevillian lingerie and spontaneous beard-growth. The little-known Cerveris—most recognizable as The Observer on Fox’s popular drama, “Fringe”—delivers an equally captivating performance as the grosteque, blubbery villain Mr. Tiny. Donning refined opera binoculars and an affected air, Mr. Tiny refuses to engage in the ongoing war around him but makes his allegiances clear with his ominous mumblings (“One does dream of the cataclysm”). Cerveris succeeds at establishing both a comedic and disturbing presence...
...costs a staggering amount of money, and force them to prove their fiscal-conservative bona fides? Surely, the Republicans will oppose any surtax and lose a lot of their deficit-hawk street cred in the process, while Obama, for better or worse, can be branded as “Mr. Deficit-Neutral...
...People should read some e-mails I received during the 9/11-fund work. 'Dear Mr. Feinberg: My son died in Oklahoma City. Where's my check?' ... How do you carve out the very special, generous use of public taxpayer money for just a small group of victims of life's misfortune?" - Explaining the turmoil he felt over having to turn down victims and families of victims of other tragedies because "the public-policy response to the 9/11 tragedy is unique to an unprecedented historical event" (The Washingtonian, March...
There has been a mantra of sorts going around education circles over the past few years: "Nothing matters more to a child's education than good teachers." Anyone who's ever had a Ms. Green or a Mr. Miller whom they remember fondly instinctively knows this to be true. And while "Who's teaching my kid?" is an important question for parents to ask, there may be an equally essential (and rarely remarked upon) question - "Who's teaching my kid's teachers...