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...wrought performances, beginning with that of Anna Friel. Her edgy portrayal of Denise, an ex-junkie-prostitute trying to reclaim her daughter, is as sharp as a knife. Despite far subtler roles, Wendy Crewson and Peter Keleghan are equally cutting as a middle-aged, middle-class couple facing financial ruin. They act cool, but their words (and later their actions) are scalding. And Kevin Pollak, as a two-bit hustler named Michael who is trying to exploit the "special quality" of the pregnant waitress Loretta (Caroline Dhavernas), pulls off the acting feat of being disagreeable and lovable at the same...
...Though it may not be all that shocking to hear that employers are reluctant to hire people who?ve served time, there's a lesser-known side of the tragedy: it turns out that the mere existence of those black men who?ve gone to prison can also ruin the job prospects of black men without criminal records, according to several studies conducted by Georgetown University economist Harry Holzer and several colleagues...
...what makes The Sopranos a great, not just entertaining, show is that the most disturbing stories are about Tony's casual, selfish, bloodless cruelties. The ruin of another person is better than a slight inconvenience to him, and no matter how many promises he breaks or lives he destroys, he always believes himself more sinned against than sinning. He has toddled through the series like an overindulged two-year-old, protected from the consequences of his actions by perverse fate, and protected from their moral consequences by his power of rationalization. After he shafts a helpless civilian in a business...
True, we can ruin our future if we listen to the voices of defeatism and give in to the classic isolationist tendencies of protectionism and xenophobia. Fear could lead us to cut off trade both in goods and in brains, keeping out those wily foreigners who come here to learn our secrets and take them home. Of course, some do. They always have, but the majority are seduced by the openness, tolerance and energy of America and stay here to enrich...
...mean they were right to do it. I would never go into a church or synagogue and start blasting music or yelling. It would be an insult. This is the same thing. The cartoons are dangerous in that they portray all Muslims as terrorists. One bad apple does not ruin the bunch. Extremists from both sides are going to use this to push their own agendas. With all the tension in the world right now, I really don't see why these journalists had to behave this way. What have they gained from this? Nothing...