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...Murray carrying the whole cast? Thankfully, Murray's latest is an altogether humorous and clever film alternately mocking conventions of the Cold War, James Bond espionage thrillers and the theater itself, along with more pratfalls than even Chevy Chase could dream of. Wallace (Bill Murray) drops in on his richer brother (Peter Gallagher) and, thinking he's doing participatory theater, quickly finds he is the "wrong man" in an espionage plot. The name of the game is irony and near-misses, as Murray keeps the audience laughing--when he's not tossing Russian nested dolls...
...begins by arguing that black and Hispanic communities have occupied a lower rung on the ladder of wealth. Clearly this is true. Then, he states the obvious: there is a dearth of opportunities for poor blacks and Hispanics, opportunities that are available for the "richer section" of society...
...blacks and Hispanics are poor, and given that the poor typically have fewer opportunities, and further given that children who are read to wield an advantage, the issue clearly lies not in race, but rather in class. The poor with fewer opportunities will on average suffer in competing with richer counterparts, and this is true regardless of race...
...beginning we didn't know each other that well, but as we got to know each other it got richer," Bunyavanich says...
...same is true of the SATs. In the suburbs, the richer section of society can learn new SAT words in their everyday life just by picking up a newspaper at home or by hearing their parents speak, while the poorer city kids have to worry about crimes and drugs in their neighborhood. Just by growing up in a better learning environment, most whites and Asians will be more prepared to take the SAT than blacks and Hispanics. In addition, it is not surprising to see that it is mostly whites and Asians that can afford preparatory courses for the college...