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During the first half of the century, the American elite was a distinct, quasi-hereditary group whose members were all men, all white and almost all Protestant (quite often Episcopalian). They lived mainly along the Eastern Seaboard. They had gone to Ivy League colleges, and often, before that, to boarding...
Gossip Guy has been inspired by Elizabeth Shue's '?? return to harvard to complete her degree. He plans on graduating in June after completing his Core requirements: Foreign Cultures 44: Lies in Nazi Germany, Moral Reasoning 36: If there are no rumors, all is permitted, and Historical Studies B-81...
Joseph says he is catholic only in the sense of "universal." Still, What's Your Name? speaks of the need to heed the authority given by Jesus to the bishops and the Pope. Joseph is reluctant to indulge the "witnessing" common among certain Protestant services. When a woman talks about...
In the '60s, a brash new playwright shocked the British theater-going public with pieces that were violent, decadent, farcical and savagely mocking of establishment values. Together with scandalous details (well, by early '60s standards anyway) of his life, such as his murder by his gay lover, Joe Orton's...
Citing his distaste for "the inauthenticity of movies," LIAM NEESON announced last spring that he was quitting the film business. Ireland's favorite son quickly retracted his statement--Neeson can be found on the silver screen in the dark comedy Gun Shy, opening this Friday--but he seems to have...