Word: munichã
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...It’s just nice to pretend we’re in a very different state of mind,” he said, reminiscing on his summer in Germany. “Munich??s a very different city...
...attraction—the world’s longest couch, which was featured on Church Street—was just one of the many draws at Cambridge’s most recent rendition of the 200 year-old Bavarian tradition. But while the Cambridge organizers imported the name from Munich??s storied event, they didn’t necessarily import the spirit: unlike Bavaria’s legions of inebriated revelers, Harvard Square was filled more with young families. Indeed, the Square’s streets were lined with booths hosted by the likes of Amnesty International...
...man.Soon, however, Tarek is arrested in the subway and taken to a detention facility. The movie from then on is concerned with the question of whether or not he’ll be deported. As an additional twist, Tarek’s mother Mouna (Hiam Abbass, “Munich??) comes from Michigan to be near her son, although she can’t visit him in jail for fear of being deported herself. The movie starts to get heavy-handed around the time Mouna arrives at Vale’s apartment. Here the film becomes less about...
...Afghanistan (“Homebody/Kabul”), race and class during the Civil Rights movement (the autobiographical musical “Caroline, or Change”), and, most recently, the broad swathe of Middle Eastern politics (the screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s film “Munich??). Charles Dickens, who used fiction to chronicle the suffering and injustice produced by Britain’s Industrial Revolution, is one of his central inspirations, Kushner said. “He’s saying this is the way the world is, that there is such a thing...
...children though only one ascends the throne. Natalie Portman ’03 (“V for Vendetta”) gives one of her most convincing performances as Anne Boleyn, the coy but spirited queen who eventually loses her grip on Henry VIII (Eric Bana, “Munich??). Mary, played by Scarlett Johansson (“Lost in Translation”), is Anne’s quiet and obedient younger sister—the other Boleyn girl—who goes unnoticed until the King brings her to court. For a story laced with courtly flirtations...