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Since Catch-22 is about an armed force that wanted a few good men and no women at all, it is not surprising that only three women, each assigned fairly minor characters, round out the otherwise allmale ensemble. As Nately's whore, Chloe Cockburn exhudes plenty of passionate rage with an Italian accent, but little else. Kathleen Conroy plays Nurse Duckett with plenty of attitude; unfortunately, her quiet voice prevents most of the audience from enjoying her quips. Dana Scardigli, with another Italian accent, is decent as the contrary Luciana, and hilarious as a weeping soldier's mother...
...economic butt-kicker it undeniably is today by keeping to itself. A McDonald's on every street corner, a pair of blue jeans on every butt. And a little tangle of American silicon on everybody's desk. Take the 80s (please). Bushido was all the rage, Detroit was in the tank ? the Japanese were better at everything, and the American century was over. Take Gung Ho, a culture-clash Ron Howard heart-warmer starring a young Batman (Keaton) and an older Long Duk Dong (Gedde Watanabe). And Norm. And globally, a happy ending (hey, the Nikkei's in the toilet...
...climate of total vengefulness? When does reason fail to account for our experience? Is the rejection of reason ultimately worth the danger it invites? Why does religious ecstasy give way to violence? And what does this say about our gods' anthropomorphism? Does the beauty of divine ritual withstand the "rage for meaning...
...Pending appeal, Woodward faces life in jail, with a chance of parole in 15 years. She may also apply for transfer to a British prison. And the child-care debate will no doubt continue to rage among people like the Eappens, a couple who hired an inexperienced teenager to look after their two babies for little over $100 a week...
According to Simon Schamas book Dead Certainties, Parkman was screaming at Webster and threatened to get him fired. In a fit of rage, Webster picked up a stick of wood (the closest object to him at that time) and hit Parkman over the head with it, killing...