Word: portering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first of the three incidents of racial graffiti, resident tutor David Porter, who is Black, found the word "nigger" scrawled across the name card on his door last month...
When you hear the word French, you may think of elegance, hauteur and haute couture. When Robert Altman hears the word, he thinks of farce, polluted rivers and dog doo under everyone's foot. Pret-a-Porter (Ready to Wear) is the director's long-winded hate letter to the fashion industry and those who cover it. The film is a flaccid mess, missing its easy targets. It is also undiluted Altman -- a movie that sums up his attitude toward actors, audiences, the press, humanity. When you hear the word contempt, you think of Robert Altman...
Last Monday, someone wrote the words "Die Nigger" on the wall above the weight/fitness room sign in the Commons area. About a month ago, David Porter, a Mather resident tutor who is Black, found the word "nigger" scrawled across the name card on his door...
...earlier incident, resident tutor David Porter, who is Black, found the word "nigger" scrawled across the name card on his door in early November...
...movie by perpetually caustic Robert Altman is based on the director's mingling with the top dogs of haute couture -- designers, models, financiers et al. -- during one of the big pret-a-porter ("ready-to-wear") shows in Paris last spring. Using the movie's incredibly disparate and big-name cast -- ranging from Stephen Rea to Sophia Loren to Danny Aiello -- Altman goes after the glamour society's pretensions and pointlessness. But, saysTIME Movie Critic Richard Corliss, Pret-a-Porter "is a high concept poorly executed."Post your opinion on theArts & Culturebulletin board...