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...often says things like this to shock strangers. The truth is, no one looks like Ali. Smith is arguably the most likable movie star on the planet, but not even he possesses Ali's singular DNA pattern of beauty, grace and bravado. To make a movie about Ali - perhaps the most idolized, vilified and complex public figure of the 20th century - has been a high-wire act of both hubris and dedication. "For an African American, Muhammad Ali is the biggest role you could have. Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali and Nelson Mandela - with any of those roles comes a responsibility...
There's only one problem: Ohno can be something of a knucklehead. He is a teenager, just a few years removed from a pattern of skipping school and interrupting training runs with pizza binges. In December a skater named Tommy O'Hare alleged that Ohno and fellow U.S. medal hopeful Rusty Smith, who had already qualified for the American team, tanked the 1,000-m short-track final at the Olympic trials so their friend Shani Davis could finish first and make the team instead of O'Hare. Despite some damning evidence, an arbitrator exonerated Ohno, but the mini-scandal...
Following the same pattern, pressure in front of the Vermont goal created the scoring opportunity. Sophomore forward Dennis Packard screened Peters, clearing the path for Smith’s blue line slapshot, setting off the red light...
...deciding goal, scored with less than five minutes to play, followed a similar pattern...
...coming off as stiff and mechanical, they sound alive, constantly in motion. From a simple repeated-riff and sampled voice motif, “Point of View Point” blossoms effortlessly into a sparkling summertime anthem. “Another View Point” is a hypnotic, escalating pattern of electric guitar squeals. “Nowhere,” all weepy horns and crashing waves, is a swirling brew of post-honeymoon nostalgia. But while most studio artists end up overwhelming listeners with impossibly dense sample-scapes (Cornelius’ own Fantasma was one of those everything...