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...actions from above. Baxter’s strident authorial voice is present throughout “The Soul Thief.” He frequently calls our assumptions of modern life into question by inserting quotations from Gertrude Stein, references to Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” and existentialist sound-bites into the narrative. However, Baxter’s selection of somewhat inaccessible sources interferes with the ability of a lay reader to understand the significance of these allusions. In other passages, Baxter’s authorial voice antagonizes the reader, directly criticizing...
...Voice hearers must navigate a society that often views them as freaks and potential criminals: Bullimore says he's been spat upon, called a "psycho" and had his face slashed with a broken vase by people who know of his condition. In public, some voice hearers mask internal arguments by appearing to shout into their cell phones. Others wear headphones to drown out the sound, or set up appointments during which the voices can vent at their leisure...
Wait a minute. Those stuffed turkeys and middling domestic dramas won Best Picture? Yes, they did. All right, we'll try again: ... with such enduring masterpieces as King Kong, The Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane, Psycho, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Raging Bull ... Oops, sorry again. None of those films won the top Oscar, and half weren't even nominated for Best Picture. But what about the acting categories? Surely Hollywood has recognized its most potent performers. Not always. If this year's nominated actors want to join the exalted ranks of Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Cary Grant, Peter O'Toole...
...members usually dismissed science fiction and horror as candidates for Best Picture--from the 1933 King Kong (just a trick movie) to Psycho (just an exercise in sadism from a director, Alfred Hitchcock, who should know better) to 2001 (what was that about?). Jaws and Star Wars did get Best Picture nominations but didn't take the top prize. See, these weren't people movies; they were simply the sum of their monster or sci-fi special effects...
...mistrusted accolades and hated fanfare, but as a behind-the-scenes co-director (along with her husband) of New York City's pioneering interdisciplinary Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuro-Psycho-analysis--the first in the world to bridge brain science and the long-stagnant field of psychoanalysis--Marjorie Pfeffer was in her element. The center, which the sage, enthusiastic child analyst steered after her husband's death in 2002, was launched in 1990 and spawned an international association, a successful journal and hundreds of similar centers around the globe...