Word: problem
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...same way that the movie's characters are overdone just enough that they are not entirely believable outside the context of the film. In the end, the overall effect is a little artificial, a big spectacle designed to seduce the viewer into turning away from the moral problem of the film. Still, this is not such a bad thing. In a time when films so often try to say something about life, here is a film about the power of film. It is this which makes Lolita ultimately refreshing rather than shocking...
...lesser degrees the entire productionwrestles with this problem. Not all of it can beattributed to the production, as Albee providessome extended metaphors and angry language whichalienate the audience. The effect is political.Instead of feeling moved closed to tears by Jack'srejection from the white hospital, the hyperboleof emotion and lack of subtly in messagethroughout desensitizes the viewer. While socialinjustice appeals to our intellectualsensibilities, wounded humanity tears at ourhearts...
First-year Rafael S. Mason, who has two papers and an EC 10 problem set due Wednesday, echoed LaGuarda's tale...
Even the college administration seems to be very aware of this problem. Its policy of randomization has been enacted primarily to ensure a diversity of residents in each of the undergraduate houses. But instead of enhancing the diversity of our college experience, randomization has forced many of us to limit our social circles even further, electing to reduce our multitudes of social associations into a single large blocking group that serves as the nucleus of our social world...
...seemingly innocuous exercise, right? But there was a problem. Fresh from drafting resumes and graduate school applications, plenty of students in the Class of 1999 were less than conservative in checking things off. Lines like the following floated around the Yearbook Office: "So I was never actually onthe Undergraduate Council, but I did run for office a few years ago, even though I lost." "Okay, so I never actually wentto a Model U.N. meeting after Orientation Week, but I've been getting their e-mails for the past three years." "Well, I never actually didanything for House Committee...