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...1980s. In 1985, Harvard’s Afro-American studies program was facing one of its greatest challenges since the dramatic founding of the department in 1969. The administration had, by many accounts, abandoned the department: funding was scant and there were few concentrators. That fall, civil rights activist Roger Wilkins, who was overseeing a newly-formed external review committee, met with Afro-American studies concentrators and graduate students affiliated with the program. “What should University Hall hear?” he asked. Students spoke compellingly of the need to rebuild the program and to secure...
Associate Dean for Development Roger P. Cheever and Assistant Professor of Government J. Russell Muirhead will serve as the group’s faculty advisors...
...result was Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, a movie in which Toons and humans interact with decidedly PG results. Here, live-action detectives fire cowardly cartoon bullets, and voluptuous cartoon women try to seduce live-action men. Children enjoyed its slapstick, adults enjoyed its more mature humor and all marveled at the smooth blend of actors and Toons. The entire entertainment industry was forced to reassess their ideas about how animation should be done, and for whom...
...answer, in 2001, appears to be: not quite. Another Luther has appeared, in the form of writer/director Richard Linklater (Slacker, Dazed and Confused). With his new film, Waking Life, which opens today, he reaffirms the two theses of Roger Rabbit and adds two more...
...Roger Rabbit was not just for kids, then Waking Life is not for kids at all. The bulk of the movie is comprised of Wiggins sitting across from different characters as they philosophize about dreams, life and existence. The combination of their ethereal musings with the hallucinative landscape can give adults a headache, much less children. It takes a bit of stamina, but Linklater’s experiment in the world of dreams works in the end. But exploring the nature of reality is mentally exhausting, so make sure you’re feeling adventurous before you take this latest...