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...Another is that Brokeback is one of those movies whose word-of-mouth makes a lot of people reluctant to see it. And not just right-wing commentators. The notion of a couple of cowpokes playing the two-backed beast is too... icky for some folks. Not that the pileup of animosities and implausibilities in Crash is easy to take, but that movie?s excesses got audiences, whether they liked it or hated it, talking far into the night. That gave the film the patina of Importance, another preferred word around Oscar time. Is Crash provocative, reckless, incendiary? So were...
...events that simultaneously eliminate boundaries between groups and celebrate their cultural diversity. Mgbako emphasizes that this is not an easy feat: black students, he says, tend to fall into one of many specific groups within the black community at Harvard. The festival, he explains, “reasserts the notion of community” by focusing on commonality without ignoring diversity. The intention, he claims, is not for people to forget their individual heritage, but for them to “look to see where their cultural identity intersects with that of other cultures...
...book that’s never been written is how black gay people perceive ourselves to be distinct. The black notion has never been to dress in rainbows,” he says. “It has been a bit more silent...
...Simmons expressed concern about undergraduate response to the issue, despite the number of planned events. “We had a lot more interest last year,” she said. Simmons said support was suffering because students had begun to feel the situation in Sudan had improved, a notion she is quick to refute. “[Harvard students] are generally willing to help, but need to be informed,” she said. “If there’s one thing you might look back on and regret, it would be” not getting involved...
...Crash wins on Oscar night next Sunday, Haggis, 52, will have achieved a unique honor: he'll be the first man to write two consecutive Best Pictures. That should make him smile. So should the notion that Crash was helped by an anti-Canada vote--for Haggis is a native of London...