Word: spirits
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There's a daring, exhilarating spirit to the fights too. These are gory production numbers, immediate but also abstract--studies in what the body can achieve and endure. And because Tarantino mostly eschewed digital effects and had his performers do the stunts, you get figuratively sprayed by the sweat all that slick terpsichore generates. Even the arcs of blood have the propulsion of crimson choreography. In this sense, Kill Bill is the greatest dance film since West Side Story...
...again. Even during the heralded manned space mission, there was a reminder that the central government remains authoritarian and insecure. China refused to air the liftoff live, lest state TV broadcast a midair disaster. But, for now, the rest of the world seems willing to share in the internationalist spirit that inspired astronaut Yang to hold up that little blue flag...
...capped his day with the 71-yard cruise-control touchdown run, his fourth score of the day. It gave the Crimson a 34-20 advantage and effectively crushed Lafayette’s spirit. The challenge had been met. The victory was secured...
...have Mel Gibson [who’s] channeling the Holy Spirit, who’s had conversions and miracles occur on the movie set, and who’s persecuted by the Jews,” says Paula Fredriksen, Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture at Boston University. “The whole thing wraps up nicely together...
...only one who can tell them before it’s too late. After it’s happened a few times, you learn to distrust your own proclivities. But sometimes you just have to try, because you know that if even one person is struck by the same spirit that has spoken to you, it will have been worth it. So get ready to be preached...