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...stark, open set and spare staging suggests that the characters are essentially alone, and that their prayers largely go unanswered. But more importantly, DHO’s production implies that there is no higher power watching over the characters; the only redeeming note of the story, when Blanche meets Sister Constance at the scaffold to die with her, is portrayed as a small triumph of human compassion, not one of divinely inspired martyrdom...
...song “Sukie in the Graveyard” spends her time making grave rubbings, lives illegally in the attic of an art school she’s not enrolled in, and poses for life-drawing classes with “the grace of an eel, sleek and stark.” And when the narrator of “Funny Little Frog” sings to his love that “you’re my picture on the wall/you’re my vision in the hall,” he?...
...sunbaked fables of one man's honor on the outlands of civilization. Until now, none of these B-movie masterpieces have been on DVD. Seven Men from Now is the first and a fine introduction to the canon. But we need the rest, to teach the young'uns how stark and eloquent a western...
...riots gave France a stark look at the cleft between its institutions and the poor, alienated people tucked away in its exurban housing projects. The worst of the dilapidated high-rises in Clichy-sous-Bois are slated for destruction later this year. There and elsewhere in the banlieues, there has been a post-rioting fillip in voter registration, suggesting to Siby that change can come through the ballot box. But like most other people in the banlieues, he's wary of politicians and their promises. The Intercultural Social Center, where Siby volunteers to help kids with their homework, is still...
...margin of defeat was rail-thin. Out of over 22,000 votes cast, there were just seven more nays than yeas. But short of a recount, the contract is dead-a stark reversal of fortunes for Transport Workers Union president Roger Toussaint. During the strike, the former subway car cleaner survived the wrath of millions of nettled commuters just long enough to win some real concessions from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Toussaint faces possible jail time for the strike, not to mention the millions in fines leveled at the union, but he had managed to preserve pensions and lock...