Word: post-modernism
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...really--consist of one or two pieces of colorful, improbable furniture as amusing and bizarre as the characters. Working with a low budget and limited space, Jarman has created a film that verges on the theatrical in appearance, but is absolutely filmic in its quirky, fragmented narration and smugly post-modern sensibility. The directing, considering the circumstances, is skillful and delightful, albeit somewhat coy. It's also interesting to remember that the script itself was cowritten by Jarman, Terry Eagleton (the literary critic), and Ken Butler. They have succeeded in writing dialogue that can be too self-consciously witty...
...Dear, don't ever say you forgot. Show some manners and make an excuse!" If Finley expects anyone to find this sort of easy shot original or audacious, she's got another think coming. Societal norms are a cheap target in this day and age, and the construction of post-modern neologisms has been hackneyed for decades. Hey, Karen: enough is enough...
...only half-correct in thinking that all possible permutations of the East-meets-West (or vice-versa) story have been exhausted. An American Brat, Bapsi Sidhwa's newest novel, rehashes the most standard of formulas, The Immigrant Experience, with all of the accoutrements of our post-modern world, including duty-free items. Sidhwas's immigrant, the 16-year-old Feroza, comes to America not out of destitution or lack of opportunity; rather, a three month holiday in America offers Feroza relief from the monotony of her life in Lahore, Pakistan...
...post-modern design incorporates historical details from other Harvard buildings, most notably H.H. Richardson's Austin and Sever Halls. The building is expected to be completed in December...
Roth the author (the guy who actually lives in Connecticut) spendidly puts together a farcical spy tale, a post-modern identity crisis and a reading of modern Jewish life. Operation Shylock humor never fails and the narrative bursts with irony. The insistance on plot veracity might seem heavy-handed by the end, but the twists never lack ingenuity. Nothing here sounds stupid or farfetched, even though it is unlikely that any of it happened...