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Much has been made of the convening and mobilizing power of today's technology. A person inspired by a cause can blog about their outrage and plot a response on Facebook with other similarly animated people. While any single congressional district might not produce a groundswell to demand a halt to global warming or killing in Darfur, a virtual community unmoored from geography can deliver a critical mass. And once converted, advocates are far better informed than a generation ago. They can hear the personal tales of aid workers over Skype. When the Western press steers clear, they can access...
...Obama has seen other Democrats rally strongly to his side. X Party Unity Even as Senator HILLARY CLINTON continues her nomination fight against OBAMA, Democrats are coming together in preparation for the general-election contest. The party's top donors (hers and his alike) are meeting to plot fall strategy. Some (although not all) Clintonistas are warming to the idea of an Obama nomination--and the candidate seems to be readying herself for a probable departure. Meanwhile, in the face of disastrous poll numbers and recent defeats, Republicans have bonded together, put aside differences and turned to maverick...
Setting an end date has obvious plot benefits. In a show with a finite run, actions can have consequences, major characters can die, questions can be answered. But it's even better for the show's emotional impact. Lost is a good sci-fi yarn, but what makes it a great story is that it is about the struggles of people: about faith vs. reason, fate vs. free will and, especially, redemption. Jack (Matthew Fox) is haunted by his relationship with his father--literally haunted, as Dad may have come back from the dead. Locke (Terry O'Quinn) balances...
Julia (Martina Gusman) wakes up, severely bruised, with two men asleep in her apartment. Only later does she realize that the first man (her lover) is dead, the second (his lover) alive but seriously wounded. Yet another intriguing plot set-up that goes nowhere, for this film quickly devolves into a prison drama as Julia is accused of the murder and discovers she is pregnant. Argentine law allows women prisoners to keep their children with them until the age of four. This allows Gusman (the director's wife) much latitude for scenery-chewing, which makes her another candidate for Best...
Driving home one day, Ver?nica (Mar?a Onetto) hits something in the road and is afraid she has run over someone. Her husband tries to assure her it was just a dog she hit, but gradually her fear festers into dementia. As with Three Monkeys, the plot of this Argentine non-drama makes it sound more interesting than it is. The film is inert, visually tiring, utterly lacking in suspense; nothing changes except Onetto's hair color. Martel won some international converts for The Holy Girl in 2004, but this time the acolytes are likely to become apostates...