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...visually-impressive vehicle for mindless entertainment. Great films force the viewer to think, often about subjects they would normally refuse to consider. Great films push viewers toward understanding even the most vile, grotesque characters. And great films demonstrate that heroes are not always perfect. Indeed, in great films, a protagonist??s imperfections, his struggle to overcome his many flaws—in other words, his humanity—is what makes him real...
...Like his protagonist??a career academic who got involved in national politics—Nye brings a new and luminous perspective to this type of fiction. By turning from his academic writings (exemplified by his similarly themed, but much differently constructed Soft Power: the Means to Success in World Politics) to a novel he has tried to take a different angle on Washington dealings...
Boogie Nights, Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 similarly themed study of the 80s’ destruction of the brightest stars of 70s era pornography, loosely describes the robbery of Eddie Nash’s house at the nadir of the Holmes-like protagonist??s existence. Yet his valley is a brief stop on the road to happiness and a renewed friendship, allowing the audience to believe in redemption...
...reimagination powers the entire novel, and the novel’s exploration of these extraordinary uses of silence, stillness and language suggests intriguing new ways to consider these concepts. And in some ways Marcus also succeeds in giving the novel emotional power, mostly through rare moments in which the protagonist??s seemingly careless observations betray a kind of sadness or nostalgia for the life the Silentists won’t allow...
...brains, or perhaps that Harvard first-year males can download the “I’m a Slave 4U” video for free from Kazaa. Britney herself is considering taking a break from her musical career to attend college, perhaps at a school like her Crossroads protagonist??s choice, Southern University...