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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Flawless intends to be something of a comedy, and while it does elicit some chuckles, the screenplay has precious few original moments, comedic or otherwise. At one point, Rusty says: "Theres no romance without finance." It's a joke of "Golden Girls"-caliber at best, but the film tries to...

Author: By By DANIEL A. zweifach, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Wasted Talent Makes Flawless a Drag | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

Apart from the oppressed minority of conservatives at the Salient and the many rumored "closet conservatives" on the Harvard campus, University Professor Cornel West '74 enjoys a high degree of popularity among students. His fiery sermonizing lecture style leads students through Afro-American Studies 10, while his support of campus...

Author: By Erik Beach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Years of Debate Bound in One Volume | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

The Reader contains a wide variety of selections from West's oeuvre, with everything from a short story to television interviews to commentrary on race, politics, literature, music and sexuality. It is a book about self-discovery, and West's efforts to come to terms with himself and the world...

Author: By Erik Beach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Years of Debate Bound in One Volume | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

One example of what draws criticism is the way in which West writes a short introduction to each excerpt in the Reader. While these introductions often help to shed light on the issue at hand or provide necessary background information, they just as often appear to be needlessly pompous. For...

Author: By Erik Beach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Years of Debate Bound in One Volume | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

West himself addresses some of the criticisms of his work and his own misgivings, writing that "I have great suspicion of autobiographical writing. So much of it reeks of self-indulgence and self-absorption, yet any serious engagement with the world includes a questioning of one's self." But he...

Author: By Erik Beach, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Years of Debate Bound in One Volume | 12/3/1999 | See Source »

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