Word: songfulness
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...usually couched in quaintness. Sports movies like Hoosiers and Breaking Away tend to emphasize a parochial amateurness that keeps the state from being taken seriously as a pro player setting - although Indianapolis, in fact, bills itself as the world's amateur sports capital - while films like Brian's Song and The Natural showcase Chicago as an Elysian field of major-league legends...
...couple of arbitrary acts. Ira Hayes, the Pima Indian and World War II Marine, was given his slot in the historical record for two things: he helped raise the flag at Iwo Jima and died an alcoholic - both of which were widely chronicled in the media and in a song by Johnny Cash. This past fall, the complete story of Hayes's life was laid bare in Clint Eastwood's epic film Flags of Our Fathers, coming out on DVD. Cast as Hayes was Adam Beach, whose stirring portrayal of a man confronting his psychological demons, earned him praise from...
...giant foam hand at a baseball game. He's in the latest James Bond movie and The Last King of Scotland and is the key plot point of Blood Diamond. His American cousin was on the most recent season of HBO's The Wire. The Gorillaz have a song about him. The Onion.com has a parody...
...Dear Daily Prince, This Isn’t Funny, It’s Racist.”Only a month before, Tufts had faced a similar reader reaction, as The Primary Source—Tufts’ conservative journal—published a parody of the song “O Come All Ye Faithful.” The Tufts’ editors said that their version, called “O Come All Ye Black Folk” was aimed at criticizing the school’s affirmative action policies. After the article provoked outrage, the journal retracted...
...Harvard men’s basketball team filed off the Lavietes Pavilion court Friday night following the final buzzer, a muffled version of the school’s fight song, “10,000 Men of Harvard,” began to play over the arena loudspeaker, even as the Yale bench started celebrating the second straight win for the Bulldogs in Cambridge. It was a fitting ending to a rough night for the Crimson, which fell at home to Yale, 88-78, to drop a game under .500 on the season. Harvard...