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...unique power over the public’s conscience and imagination. Hollywood clearly knows this; in the past, it has packed theaters with people eager to see the destruction of the White House and Empire State Building (Independence Day), the Eiffel Tower (Deep Impact), and the Statue of Liberty (Planet of the Apes). At a time when our fascination with such images must be harnessed in order to memorialize a real-life disaster of epic proportions, Hollywood is instead eliminating those images from view. Doing so is a mistake, one that misinterprets Americans’ strength and their need...
...Japanese reporters in dust masks accosting men in suits like the natives of some new planet with an uncertain atmosphere. German radio correspondents leaning over police barricades with grapefruit-sized microphones, shouting "Are you a trader?" to anyone who walked by. Dutiful wire-service scribblers forming Oscar-night gauntlets along the path of anyone who would talk...
...past week is that it was spontaneous. We're so used to every trend in American life being forged by corporate marketers and focus groups. A big event, a few weeks ago, meant something dreamed up by sales people - Michael Jackson's comeback, the Federal Express Orange Bowl, "Planet of the Apes." When something spontaneous happens, like the explosion of American flags, it's a delightful reminder of that line of Kevin Spacey's in "American Beauty" that we can still surprise ourselves sometimes. The culture can change bottom up rather than top down...
...Born Second, has an admirably adventurous spirit, blending hip-hop, scat, reggae and rock. On a few tracks, Bilal's eclectic musical vision flies out of control, but on the best songs, such as Sometimes, he conjures up gritty grooves that keep his spacey melodies tethered securely to planet Earth...
...person who is connected with murderous, bloodthirsty terror organizations cannot rationally be compared with the life of an office-worker in the World Trade Center, a secretary in the Pentagon or a teenager at an Israeli nightclub. All efforts should be made to eradicate these terrorists from our planet, for they have proven that their sole intention is to trap innocent civilians inside a life of fear and unspeakable horrors...