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...sustain such dramatics for much longer. The similarity between “Trouble in Dreams” and his last album shows that, after much experimentation, Bejar is finally finding his niche, and is therefore ever in danger of becoming a caricature of himself.For now, however, the product still sounds fresh and the songs are more than enough to hold fans over until the inevitable next Bejar release. “Trouble in Dreams” may not match the awe-inspiring splendor of “Rubies,” but Destroyer has still compiled another set of precious...
...sister show “Weeds,” though, “Californication” takes place in the well-to-do suburbs of Los Angeles, a part of the country in which family dysfunction has almost invariably been depicted to be the unfortunate yet tolerable by-product of a desirably moneyed and beautiful life. Historically, viewers tend to excuse this and other kinds of objectionable behavior in television when presented with it as either part of a drama (polygamy, “Big Love”) or with a strong emphasis on the aforementioned glamour (general irresponsibility...
...explicit, “[Chinese immigrants] don’t gamble with their lives for their own sakes. They do it for their parents—and their children.” With such understandings as this, Lee shows that the Chinese food this country loves has been the product of individuals who themselves have sacrificed so much to share in this country’s experience...
...Honing ’10, the main organizer of the event, joined the culinary society board this semester. “At home, I try to do as much cooking as I can,” she explained. Yet Honing admitted that her interest is mainly in the final product: “I do more eating and menu browsing than cooking...
...said on the night that he lost Ohio and Texas. But then he added, "I owe what I am to this country, this country that I love, and I will never forget it." That has been the implicit patriotism of the Obama candidacy: only in America could a product of Kenya and Kansas seek the presidency. It is part of what has proved so thrilling to his young followers, who chanted, "U-S-A, U-S-A," the night that he won the Iowa caucuses. But now, to convince those who doubt him, Obama has to make the implicit explicit...