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...calm I previously felt devolved into a broadening grin, then a suppressed giggle, then burgeoning self-consciousness at my inappropriate response to her humiliation. Rather than feel bad for the poor girl, standing alongside her dad with the beautiful baritone, my sisters and I started laughing. At first our laughter was controlled, almost squelched. But once one of my sisters released an indelicate, indecorous snort, my control waned. I started laughing so hard that I quaked. I held my hair in front of my face and pinched my legs, but no matter how hard I bit down on my lower...
...title of show]” offers self-referentialism, off-color jokes, and hilariously naïve attempts at inner-city slang. But like a wittier "Will and Grace," its execution—endearingly realized in this iteration—is weighed down by sticking too closely to the book...
...here are four friends sitting on four chairs in a New York City apartment trying to achieve their dream—the expectations are set for a show that has cloyingly put a keyboardist, Larry (Will McGarrahan), in the corner of the apartment space to acknowledge as its self-awareness sees...
...remember how self-motivated she was and what a fine analytical mind she had,” says Emeritus Professor of Fine Arts Irene Winter...
...college where everyone dreams and imagines having a terrific career and making a difference in the world, “The Wire” was a nice reminder that in the real world, happy endings are not a guarantee (or even likely): half-measures are common, and self-interest usually reigns supreme. Neither conservative nor liberal in tone, the show is unabashedly critical of every major institution that affects our lives today, from government to corporations and newspapers. There’s a reason the show never won an Emmy, while “Entourage” has won multiple...