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In a way, it seems a shame to inhibit a good ranter. But ranting is not always entertaining. Often it is embarrassing, even shaming. Sometimes, if it issues forth from a politician or religious zealot with ambitions, it becomes sinister. The U.S. has a fairly rich tradition of ranters, from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Oh, Shut Up! The Uses of Ranting | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

The third tale features the fantastic Clive Owen as Dwight, yet another mentally-addled hero. Dwight is chasing crooked cop Jackie Boy, who is played with gleeful and gravelly-voiced creepiness by Benicio del Toro. Watching the two foils interact—Dwight as the shining protector of women, Jackie...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: Sin City | 4/8/2005 | See Source »

The third tale features the fantastic Clive Owen as Dwight, yet another mentally-addled hero. Dwight is chasing crooked cop Jackie Boy, who is played with gleeful and gravelly-voiced creepiness by Benicio del Toro. Watching the two foils interact—Dwight as the shining protector of women, Jackie...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: Frank Miller's Sin City | 4/7/2005 | See Source »

In this particular production, love becomes a horrible, sinister thing, more akin to a drug addiction or a form of psychosis than a force of benevolence or good will. Love turns mortals and gods into goblins and monsters, livid contortions of their former selves with impossible cravings leading to their...

Author: By Laura E. Kolbe, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ARTSMONDAY: Taste of Ashes in 'Dido' | 3/21/2005 | See Source »

There are the rebellious debutantes, the Playboy playmates, the drug addicts, the intoxicated spring breakers revealing their breasts to sinister male crowds, the anorexics, the overweight girls at weight-loss camp, the strippers, the athletes, the athlete-stripper, the porn stars, and the five-year-old dressed as Britney Spears...

Author: By Cara B. Eisenpress, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tufts Exhibit Explores the Female Psyche | 3/18/2005 | See Source »

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