Word: passional
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...Harvard still has a lot of offer those considering the field, “ Harvard allows you to think on your toes and out of the box,” skills that she believes are vital to survival in the nonprofit world. Dixon also finds that the determination and passion of her fellow Harvardians has, in fact, given her the toughness she needs; “if you can deal with the crazy people here at Harvard, you can definitely deal with those in the real world...
Will you market this in the grass-roots way that Gibson did The Passion? In [the African-American] community, we've always marketed like that--through churches and beauty shops...
...spats, the results are spectacular. Whether sporting a macho beard or a cascading blond wig, Garca Bernal makes his character sexy, annoying ... fully human. Almodvar sees that cocktail of emotions in the actor: "What I like about Gael is that mixture of innocence and passion, tight secrecy and tenderness, sensuality and unconsciousness...
Reality, unfortunately, is stingy with outspoken political heroes. Mavericks tend to lose, even compelling ones like John McCain. There is a reason for that: inconvenient truths are inconvenient to someone. And passion can be scary. McCain's assault on Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell cost him dearly in the 2000 campaign. Howard Dean's anger was causing him to lose altitude long before he screamed. Which is why politicians have concocted an entire industry--the polling and consulting wizardocracy--devoted to telling them what not to say. From Merlin to Rove, the most powerful adviser has been...
...rating a problem? I would have rated it PG. The film does deal with serious issues. It's similar to Mel Gibson's dilemma with The Passion [of the Christ]. There's no way to glamorize an execution on a Cross. If you're going to broach a subject like child abuse, which is in this film, you can't turn that into Kool-Aid and Oreo cookies...