Word: odd
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...focused on this beautiful story of love and heartbreak, Balanchine’s “Serenade” graced the stage first. Pairing this ballet—Balanchine’s first choreography in America—with “La Sylphide” seemed like an odd choice: “Serenade” is mostly plot-less, containing only the shadow of a heartbreak story that would link it to the themes of “La Sylphide...
...Sharma, these efforts are still too little, too late. "One odd change of law will not make a difference," she says. "Cases like mine will keep happening until women's status in society improves. And that will be a slow and long process...
...pass on the lack of gay characters because, especially at first, they were intended for little kids. But particularly with the appearance of the long, violent later books, Rowling allowed her witches and wizards to grow up, to get zits and begin romances, to kill and die. It seemed odd that not even a minor student character at Hogwarts was gay, especially since Rowling was so p.c. about inventing magical creatures of different races and species, incomes, national origins and developmental abilities. In a typical passage, Blaise Zabini is described as a "tall black boy with high cheekbones and long...
Canted cameras frames, odd angles, and a complete disregard for what is physically possible: This is “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” Sure, it might not be a traditional Halloween movie—but it has the word “fear” in the title, and I guarantee that it’s scarier than any “Final Destination” incarnation to come your way. The flick’s visual tricks aim to make you feel like you’re on as much mescaline as the characters...
...However, the very suggestion that sports are somehow above vice is flawed. It seems odd that many sports fans can’t seem to accept PEDs, but are perfectly willing to turn a blind eye to the corrupting influence of gambling, collegiate athletics scandals, the business-first nature of most professional franchises, and the myriad of other problems that plague sports. Sports are not and have never been pure. Even regarding Bonds’ “asterisked” home-run record, too many baseball fans forget that the old home run king himself admitted to using PEDs...