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...genders of the participants. Davenport-Hines argues that Sodom and Gomorrah, "the first novel to present human sexuality as a continuum including bisexuality and the homosexual behavior of married men," opened the closet door for all subsequent literary references. The biographer admires Proust's courage, particularly since the pale, sad-eyed Frenchman was almost constantly concerned that he would be publicly humiliated for his preference, as Oscar Wilde had been not long before. While accepting his subject's neediness, drug abuse and manipulation, Davenport-Hines recognizes Proust's "mastery of human characterization." And the biographer understands his subject's obsession...
Bandini (Colin Farrell) is a writer who knows his subject--L.A.--but needs characters to animate it. That doesn't take long: strong-willed women keep showing up unbidden in his room, removing their clothes, tangling him in their sad fates. Vera (Idina Menzel), who loves Bandini's writing, needs someone to tend her wounds. Camilla (Salma Hayek), a Chicano waitress who can't read his words but has great body English, starts to lure Bandini away from his obsession with those beautiful golden-haired California girls...
...scared of each other, but they're stuck with each other--it's like Sartre with lip gloss. "The Pretty Committee girls were like wild animals," thinks Claire, the most sympathetic one (she actually has one dorky, noncool friend). "If they smelled fear, they'd pounce." Funny or sad? Either way, it's unmistakably true to junior-high reality...
...became his sidekick; later on he tortured Evey, to "help" her see his point of view. V was a freedom fighter, no question, but Moore never let you forget that he was also a terrorist, and as such he was both hero and villain. That was the sick, sad genius of the comic book: the government had taken everything from V, even his goodness...
...barely faded memories of their parents’ fat checkbooks. For this reason, this has to be a big no-no.Granted, Cheek is not making his donation to Larry Summers’ office, and his gift came after he had already heard back from Byerly Hall. Nevertheless—and sad as it may be—a noble heart does not a Harvard man make.For all the generosity a prospective student may have, there has to be something above and beyond this desirable yet insufficient quality.Finally, we come to the speedskater’s potential value to the Harvard community.Here...