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...with God, who is black, then blows him off, but not without guilt. "I'm not one of those people," she protests, "who's like, 'Oh, God is black--is he going to steal the moon or something?'" In another, she takes in a homeless man to upstage her sister's humanitarian boyfriend: "I'm going to change him from a homeless person to a real person...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: So This Woman Walks Into A Sitcom... | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...Sarah Silverman Program plays off that tension--darkness and childlike naiveté--hilariously, although in a lighter-spirited way. The show has a loose, familiar, indie feel, in part because Silverman's real sister Laura plays her TV sister, the rest of the cast are longtime friends (along with her dog), and the pilot was shot in her apartment, which was re-created on a set for the series after, Silverman says, her landlord kicked the production...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: So This Woman Walks Into A Sitcom... | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...filming without permission was a mild liberty to take by the standards of fictional Sarah. "I'm just like you," she chirps over the opening credits. "I don't have a job, and my sister pays my rent." In a typical episode, she has brunch with her friends, sticks them with the bill and gets into bizarre scrapes because of her constant need for attention (especially her sister's); her clueless insensitivity to minorities, the disabled and the elderly; and her penchant for drinking cough syrup while driving...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: So This Woman Walks Into A Sitcom... | 1/26/2007 | See Source »

...late 2005, the rebels launched hundreds of raids across the country in what Victor describes as "the first nationally coordinated N.P.A. attacks since 1992." He claims 200 firearms were seized in Mindanao alone. With the violence intensifying, Giegie's sister Lenlen, 19, has already survived three shoot-outs; she was almost killed during an N.P.A. attack on an army post in Agusan del Sur province in 2005. One bullet hit her neck and ripped an exit through her armpit, while a second drilled into her thigh. "All I could think was, 'If I die here, I die for the people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War with No End | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

...perseverance is inspiring those closest to him, as well. On Monday, his older sister started classes to get her GED. Shawn thinks his brother will likely follow suit. "Yeah," says Shawn. "This feels pretty good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Escaping from Dropout Nation | 1/25/2007 | See Source »

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