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What gives this rivalry its extra punch is the obvious antagonism between the Vegas heavyweights. In a corporate world where p.r. spin masters train CEOs to spout boring managementspeak, Adelson and Wynn think nothing of tossing barbs at each other. Adelson complains that Wynn has "a big ego." Wynn calls Adelson "Mr. Magoo, with an edge...
...Ultimately, I chose not to take up the punch invitation. I won’t try to cast this as a particularly heroic act—obviously, it wasn’t. But my experience did convince me that principles and privileges don’t mesh well, and that temptation—in my world, at least—doesn’t tend toward the better of these...
Conversely, once they have become members, punches suddenly find that the world revolves around them (or, rather, “The Club”). Although there are exceptions, membership in an exclusive, privileged group breeds a sense of entitlement. Just like going to Harvard leaves graduates with notorious egos, many of the final club members I know emerge (consciously or not) from the punch process with an unwarranted sense of self-importance...
...fact that these assailants were not from Harvard does speak volumes about the tolerance of Harvard’s students, but only really says that they aren’t willing to punch people because of their feelings of discomfort,” he said in an e-mail...
...survive while trapped under tons of rock and rubble contains too many screams, tears, and fireballs to feel genuine.The real drama develops from the grief experienced by the men’s wives. Maria Bello and Maggie Gyllenhaa’s portrayals of suffering provide the most sincere emotional punch in the film. In stark contrast, the men’s episodes of torment are so repetitive and exasperating that they destroy the verisimilitude Stone and his screenwriter Andrea Berloff establish in the precious moments prior to the towers’ collapse.In “United...