Word: shock
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...what now? The recent undulations of the conflict have left ordinary Israelis and Palestinians numb with shock and the rest of the world bewildered by a conflict that seems without end. In the frenzy of mortar fire, bombings, hurried press conferences and banner headlines, four key questions emerge...
...Archie, I feel like a shock absorber in a Rolls Royce—and I don’t think I can stay,” Epps recalls Monro telling him. “What your people are doing down in the south is much more important than what we’re doing here...
Griggs attacks the gay community for its “intolerance against ex-gays,” but we suggest that “ex-gay ministry” is intolerant at its roots. For decades, its advocates have attempted to change sexual orientation with shock therapy and brain-washing sessions. Coupling ex-gay outreach with religious indoctrination preys on students who are unsure of themselves socially and spiritually. Harvard is supposed to model tolerance, not self-rejection...
...most serious strike facing the show, though, is not its lack of insightfulness or originality—it is its lack of humor. Sex with animals is funny because it shocks or, more to the point, because it’s meant to shock. But it’s tough to wring shock value from material that’s no longer shocking. Jerry Springer has covered this material with regularity. Albee’s own envelope-pushing theater of the absurd has helped bring us to the point of no trumping taboos...
Smoochy’s strength is not in its originality, however, but in its execution. In fact, the movie’s self-awareness, especially in its capacity to shock the audience, is its forte. It knows that children’s television characters have been lampooned before. A reflection of the voluminous number of anti-Barney web pages, the film’s website, www.smoochymustdie.com, offers 100 ways to kill Smoochy as well as interactive games where the purple rhinoceros is shot gunned, run-over and beaten to death. DeVito utilizes the incredible talent of the cast, however...