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...what was happening. Stage Beauty opens with Maria (Claire Danes) standing wistfully in the wings while watching a performance of Othello’s Desdemona by her employer, London’s “leading lady” Ned Kynston (Billy Crudup). She mouths his lines with practised passion, for despite a ban on female actresses in public theater, Maria—surprise, surprise—harbors ardent aspirations for thespian glory of her own. The filmmakers missed a golden opportunity to exploit the subtle human side of a fascinating historical moment, instead creating an unconvincing hodgepodge of hackneyed...
...Passion of the Christ: The suspense in this film could be cut. With a knife. Any sane viewer of Mel Gibson’s neo-noir thriller will be on the edge of their seat from the moment the Sinead O’Connor-esque Satan figure appears. Will Jesus die? The answer to this question requires two hours of scary, seat-jumping sequences that will leave you disturbed for days. It’s hard to know where to begin with the scares in The Passion—but highlights include 2000 year-old stereotypes about Jews and visuals...
...next time you and a couple of your schoolmates from North Carolina, Illinois or Wyoming start arguing whether Super Bowl XXXVI or XXXVIII was better, go ahead and call him out for the fake fan that he is. Because it’s not about the passion or knowledge that you bring to your team—its about where your roots are. They may live here temporarily and follow Boston with more enthusiasm and spirit than you could dream of, but dammit, they shouldn’t be allowed to. We were here first—even...
...possible, lose in a way more crushing than the ball going through Buckner’s legs in 1986—then we can all look forward to next year. Boston fans will be screaming, “Yankees suck!” with even more passion. Yankees fans will scream back “1918!” And we’ll all again be absorbed in the best, most intense rivalry in sports...
...Exuberance: The Passion for Life