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...Whatever one may think of Graham's abilities as an actress, she does very well in Committed, walking the fine line between commitment to ideals and obsession and insanity. And while it will shock nobody that Committed is not hard to watch visually, it may surprise some that this movie isn't at all painful to sit through. It is actually rather fun, and funny at points. In a jealous rage Joline sticks a banana into Carmen's fuel tank, and then confesses to her later-you may not be on the floor in tears, but this...
...about theater that I had never really felt. And that is the origin of theater is a community talking to itself. It was a striking experience to think that perhaps in Greek times, when this started happening, it was about 'us,' or an idea of 'us.' It was a shock, really, to think, 'Oh, my God, so this is what theater is supposed...
...think tank preparing his economic package is composed mostly of highly regarded liberal economists, and Putin may even spend some of the nationalist political capital he established in his Chechnya campaign - and in rebuffing Western complaints over human rights violations there - to force Russians to swallow some more economic "shock therapy" in the hope of reviving the economy...
...think those arguing in favor of capital punishment now are indulging in a form of nostalgia. Capital punishment no longer works as a morality play. Each execution (divorced from its moral meaning, including its capacity to shock and to warn the young) simply becomes part of the great messy pageant, the vast and voracious stupidity, the Jerry Springer show of American life...
Everything changed in the shock wave of the '60s, from the music and the clothes to the cultural icons. Eastern religions were in; the words mantra and ashram entered our vocabulary, and gurus emerged to offer us paths to enlightenment. A Hindu swami calling himself Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced Transcendental Meditation to the West and collected celebrity followers; and a fired Ivy League psychology professor named Richard Alpert went to India and became Ram Dass, servant of God. Three decades later, they are both back in the news...