Word: profounder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Heller has a disconcerting habit of saying something deeply profound and then instantly undercutting it with a wry smile and a self-effacing joke. People tend to smile when asked about him, and everyone has a favorite "the time that Josh..." story. But behind the exuberant antics is a brilliant scientist recommended for a summa degree by the Computer Science Department and a Torah scholar who recently finished reading the Mishnah in just over a year, an almost unheard-of project. And then there's the Hasty Pudding script he's working...
...general says the war had a profound effecton a wide cross-section of the nation...
...history is able to tap immense stores of dormant power, residing in the simple mass of the populace. In any nation, and perhaps especially in a democracy, the normally passive majority can be roused to levels of action which, due merely to their weight in numbers, can have profound effects on society. Whether the action comes in the from of picking up a ballot or picking up a rifle, the collective force of the populace is a power which has often proven governments and institutions both to be ultimately helpless...
...illuminated by flashes of light. The two are shooting a video of their new song Least Complicated; in another scene Saliers lies on her back wearing a white wedding dress and clutching a bouquet of red flowers. What does it all mean? Saliers, who wrote the song, offers a profound interpretation. "It's about repeating patterns in life," she says, "if you wanted to get the basic philosophic message. The video is an illustration of that." Ray's response is a bit less deep. "Well," she says, "to me it really doesn't have a meaning...
...obvious attempt at explore Jake's inner psyche, the movie gets lost along the way, caught up in its own artistic gimmicry. It fails to render any of its allegedly soulful characters believable--or even likeable. Instead, Jake's profound quest in life (for a brilliant career and a beautiful wife, of course) becomes a megalomaniacal alternate reality where the world centers upon him. Gorillas give him advice, faces carved into a stone wall give him advice, and important people from his life keep popping up at random times to give him advice. This kooky, off-the-wall style...