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BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE. Michael Moore’s quintessential documentary on red-neck Americana and its political basis has turned more heads in curiosity than a gun show in Harvard Square would. Criticized for its self-indulgence and questionable objectivity, Bowling for Columbine is nonetheless a dazzling example of the power of politically charged cinema. Probably the most talked-about film of the year, Bowling for Columbine effectively condenses nearly a decade of American history into a digestible, moving meditation on the sources of American gun violence. That’s no small feat. Bowling for Columbine screens...
Four lanky, identical dolls have been hung in a row with their bodies arrayed in various positions. The right-most figure bends at the neck, almost scrunching its shoulders. The next falls at the torso as if hanging its head (and entire upper body) in despair. The third crumbles under an invisible burden on its shoulders. The left-most doll’s arms reach to just above its feet. That final position is almost fetal—or fatalistic...
...neat little row. His parents divorced years ago, but his mother still cooks dinner for his father every night. That makes Gazza's old man happy, but not as happy as watching his son practice. Looking over at Paul, John fingers one of the gold chains around his neck, raises a glass of Famous Grouse and shoots his son a crooked almost-smile. "Aw, look at me, Dad and Jimmy Five Bellies," says Gazza, leaning back in his chair with a San Miguel as they toast news that Adama Cisse will get a contract, thanks in part to Gascoigne...
...book moves beyond the city of Great Neck to explore Harvard life as well...
Although Cantor grew up in Great Neck, where almost all children attend public schools, his mother insisted that he enroll at Horace Mann in New York City. “I think my mother had read somewhere in the Talmud that there must always be a better school somewhere,” he explains...