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When Don receives a phone call from the dead Dr. Pryce advising him to get out of town, he does so, despite Sonny??s pleas. But when she begs him to return a few months later, he somewhat inexplicably obliges, only to be further manipulated and taken advantage of. During this second visit, identities are divulged one after the other, allegiances between characters switch every five seconds, and the plot dissolves into a convoluted mess that comes to a head in the aforementioned steak murder scene...

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Don McKay | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...majority of the film does not live up to these intentions. During the first hour, viewers are subjected to stilted dialogue and heavy-handed jokes. These awkward one-liners often fall to Leo, in her role as the disturbingly cheerful and deceptively prim Marie. When McKay first arrives at Sonny??s house, he notices a “home sweet home” sign in the hallway, to which someone has attached a large axe. When he expresses his surprise, violins screech forebodingly, and Marie answers, “You never know when you may need...

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Don McKay | 4/6/2010 | See Source »

...ultra-violence of the streets and the drug trade. “Fat Lady Sings,” for example, tells the story of a drug dealer caught on the wrong corner who, after being beaten and sliced up with razor blades, simply refuses to die. “Sonny??s Missing” has a similar plotline, where a traitor to the Wu Gambino gets himself slowly and torturously whacked for a drug-related indiscretion. These accounts are admittedly brutal, but the combination of the evocative story-telling style and the somewhat fantastical content creates an enthralling...

Author: By Joshua J. Kearney, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Raekwon | 9/10/2009 | See Source »

Other candidates echoed Simmons’ views, with Helder S. “Sonny?? Peixoto the sole candidate to say explicitly that he did not support the tunnel...

Author: By Ravi Agrawal, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Candidate Forum Focuses on Harvard | 10/26/2001 | See Source »

Helder S. “Sonny?? Peixoto is not your typical City Council candidate—he has never held elected office, and he paints himself as an outsider in a campaign whose frontrunners have racked up endorsements and political experience...

Author: By Lauren R. Dorgan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Peixoto Runs as Political Outsider | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

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