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YESTERDAY, a woman from the Alumni Office called to remind me to pick up an application for Senior Class Marshal. I told her that there must be some kind of mistake, that I had never led a parade, had no flaming-baton-twirling abilities whatsoever and would feel ridiculous wearing one of those big white hats with the gold chinstrap anyway...
...appropriately barren, and the difference of agreement between the two characters is highlighted with a minimum of movement. One clever touch is Belgrader's decision to spice the 18th Century satire with modern references and expletives; they serve both to shock the audience into attention and remind us that the script has meaning for contemporary society. Another is Shalhoub's coughing jag, with its reference to Topol's song "If I Were a Rich Man" from Fiddler on the Roof...
...nothing else, the crisis in the Persian Gulf has served to remind us that our supply of energy is critically important and chronically unreliable. While everyone is still conscious of the crisis at the gas pump, it's time to re-establish reliable and renewable energy as a top national priority. A few suggestions...
...They may be warmhearted, but their food is not always so hot. The Roy Rogers hamburger chain thought it would be a good idea to conjure up that memory with commercials featuring lunch ladies who dish up dismal casseroles to the tune of See You in September. The ads remind students to take advantage of their free time to snack on the company's fast food...
Flatliners Masterfully plays along the line that divides reality from fantasy and horror, and blurs the lines between text and truth. It maturely treats serious and powerful themes like death, guilt and self-knowledge. And though Flatliners may occasionally remind the audience members of their worst nightmares, it is a rich, thought-provoking film that finally does a much-maligned genre justice...