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...provides an unforgiving stage: sound gets trapped in pockets, the ceiling height forces an odd lighting setup, and the dark wood paneling renders everything strangely somber. But the company manages to employ the staid dignity of the room to reinforce the moral severity of the town elders. At one point, they even co-opt one of the chandeliers—by far the most physically obtrusive element of the space—as a prop...

Author: By Spencer B.L. Lenfield, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Albert Herring' Nails Humor | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...eyes of the Reich, mountains, as much as people and countries, are there to be conquered. The sincerity of Andi and Toni’s passion for mountain climbing becomes something to be observed, dissected and sold as propaganda by the reporter Arau, from his comfortable vantage point in a luxury hotel that overlooks the Eiger’s deadly northern face. And Arau, of course, is not alone. He is accompanied by the throngs of other visitors at the hotel who watch the ascent of the Eiger through binoculars with great excitement- the excitement, as one guest puts...

Author: By Catherine A Morris, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: North Face | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...almost becomes tongue-in-cheek. Indeed, a lot of the movie finds humor in appropriating the hokey reality of action movies such as “Rush Hour.” There are one-liners making fun of the American perception of the French—at one point, Travolta even paraphrases his character from “Pulp Fiction,” saying dramatically, “Everyone has got their vice. And my vice is: a Royale with cheese...

Author: By Rebecca A. Schuetz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Paris With Love | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

Immediately following a faceoff, senior defender Chad Morin received the puck on the blue line. He crossed it to sophomore Ryan Grimshaw at the left point, and the blueliner let a long shot...

Author: By Kate Leist, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Beanpot Blowout Provides Harvard Little Consolation | 2/9/2010 | See Source »

...This was well known, and not something he attempted to hide, even from senior leaders. Many of the men by this point hated Iraqis and would offhandedly opine that the whole country needed to be leveled, or the only good Iraqi was a dead Iraqi. But only Green talked about killing Iraqis all the time, incessantly, obsessively...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Downward Spiral of Private Steven Green | 2/8/2010 | See Source »

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