Word: segway
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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There is one crucial element that this film lacks: transitions. One minute they are singing in the closet, the next they are dancing at a religious festival--with no segway whatsoever. The film is based on a novel, and I got the impression that the screenwriter included only the action-packed chapters and left out the ones in between. I decided to read the lengthy synopsis I'd received after I'd seen the movie. Wow! Things actually made sense when I read it--which again, supports my point that they tried--and failed--to tell the story with actions...
...Certain Justice is most enjoyable because of its deliciously subversive literary flair. James' prose is eloquent and yet strikingly lucid. The opening line of the novel, "Murders do not usually give their victims notice," is the perfect segway into a haunting exploration of Venetia Aldrige's character. The well-practiced virtuoso quality in A Certain Justice draws you into its foreboding atmosphere: "Has it ever occurred to you that a woman, when she is powerful, is more powerful than a man?" asks one of the suspects. The flowing prose often reaches its own stylistic climaxes, independent of plot events...
Harvard's trouncing of the Tigers and its four-game winning streak is the perfect segway into this Sunday's matchup against Dartmouth for Ivy supremacy...