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...Sullivan, a spokesperson for Mayor Thomas M. Menino, said he hopes residents will get back to their normal lives: “Boston has great diversity and we want people to embrace this diversity,” she said...
...feel the ebb of exploitation waiting in the wings. While studio executives truly are concerned and rightly sickened by the idea of releasing any sort of thoughtless frivolity in the immediate future (they are human, aren’t they?), things will slowly revert back to “normal...
...what constitutes normal? In the past, Hollywood has dealt with devastation in different ways. Screwball comedies and lavish MGM musicals entertained destitute Depression-era audiences, and World War II brought a slew of patriotic and nationalistic films. Diversion was the key. As socially minded protagonist John Sullivan (Joel McCrea) realizes in Preston Sturges’ classic satire Sullivan’s Travels (1941), there wasn’t any shame in choosing to direct a silly film (Ants In Your Pants—the sequel) as opposed to a more somber choice (O Brother, Where Art Thou?...
...world, to our sense of freedom, to our self-consciousness. Unlike past attacks, we are not actively in a state of war, and have had our liberties and sense of security infringed upon by the most atrocious of attackers. Although our lives may indeed return to “normal,” things will never be the same. In regards to filmmaking, can you honestly say that you won’t feel even the slightest wave of nausea the next time you see an American landmark blown to bits in a cheesy action film? (Especially with today?...
Amidst all our brave talk about "getting back to normal," there?s a pervasive sense that we?ve lost track of what exactly "normal" might be. Is it normal to stay up all night, wracked by fears of another deadly attack? Is it okay to cry in your car while you?re stopped at a red light, because it?s the only time and place you have time to sit and grieve? Is it acceptable to celebrate, to go on with a long-planned birthday party, christening, bat mitzvah...