Word: prophetic
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...closeted and stricken with AIDS; the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg (Meryl Streep), whom Cohn, by pulling strings, got executed for treason; and an angel (Emma Thompson)--the spiritual avatar of America. When she smashes through the ceiling of Prior's apartment to draft him as an unwilling prophet, all hell breaks loose--or, really, terrifyingly, all heaven does...
...darkly comic movie Happiness, is the ideal choice for Ed--he radiates piety or creepiness depending on who looks at him. But while we get glimpses of Elizabeth's captivity--Emmanuel takes her as his second "wife," dressing her like a children's-picture-Bible idea of a prophet's spouse--there remain more questions than answers about what happened to her and how she stayed hidden in plain sight so long...
This week, I picked up a new album by Dave Matthews, prophet of the carefree joy of my high school years. But unlike the cheerful strains of late-nineties-Dave, the solo project Some Devil is a sober, even grim reflection of how much the world has changed in a few short years. The man who brought us the playful riffs of “Too Much” and “Everyday” is now promoting the album’s first single, “Gravedigger.” Matthews is not the only one undergoing...
Conveniently, Joan, like many a teen, has too many preoccupations to ask God whether Muhammad is his Prophet or if God so loved the world that he gave up his only son. God also avoids the big picture: no talk of worship or salvation or Thou Shalt Nots. "The way we approach what God says is, Less is more," says Hall. Instead, God asks Joan to stop underachieving, to learn chess, to get a part-time job--the Lord as almighty guidance counselor. God explains that by bettering herself, Joan sets off chain reactions that help others: in chem class...
...classical music has a depth and a complexity to it that pop music, alas, cannot. This is something that rock music snobs try to obscure by knowing tens of thousands of different indie bands, and by endlessly dividing similar guitar music into different categories and genealogies. But for the prophet, there is a simpler solution: just listen to Radiohead whenever feelings of inadequacy start to build up. With a manic, enlightened glint in my eye, I defy anyone to play me five minutes of music with greater depth than “There There” or to find...