Word: shame
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson has proven itself completely incapable of unbiased reporting on two subjects: the semi-secret blah blah, and the Undergraduate Council. The unfunny Lampoon coverage is, however, put to shame by the intentionally offensive council reportage...
Leave it to Meryl Streep to quash all doubts. Her latest acting showcase, One True Thing, tells such an incredibly small story that it puts all the vast, sweeping movies of recent memory to shame. No giant sinking ships, no supernatural theatrics--One True Thing proves that the power of simple things can make for transcendent and arresting filmmaking...
...shame about the Ibis. Seriously. I mean, when the Crimson stole it decades ago, at least they let the world (or at least their semi-literate readership) know.. But what's the point of stealing something like that if you're not going to parade it around...
...century later, Martin Luther King called upon Lincoln's memory, saying, "Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand, signed the Emancipation Proclamation." King too relied upon America's shared memory, using Americans' knowledge of their nation's ideals to shame them into action. What happens to a nation, though, when neglect and apathy have severed those "mystic chords...
...this as well. The failed Hungarian revolution of 1956, for example, provides grim footage and heartbreaking reminiscences. Weeping, an agricultural technician recalls how often he was tempted to leave the barricades, but when he saw the 14- and 15-year-old boys fighting beside him, he could not. "The shame kept me there," he says. Of course, the hot wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and elsewhere offer plenty of drama, and it is exciting to hear a mercenary talk about fighting in Angola. But the real tribute to the filmmakers is that amid the thrills, they provide some good understanding...