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Although Columbia and Pennsylvania have announced that they do not have the resources to replace the federal funds directly. Harvard has such resources. Using them is the fairest way for the University to take the sting out of the government's unfair new policy...
...STING II bears virtually no resemblance to the original. so the use of that title to draw in the unsuspecting could be considered a fraud. The movie itself unquestionably constitutes a far greater crime. The film lacks not only the cast and characters of its predecessor, but even the slightest touch of the other's elusive quality which can only he described as class...
...original Sting was remarkable because it combined the most unlikely twists of plot with entirely plausible characters. At the close of the movie, when the Robert Redford and Paul Newman characters turn out only to be feigning death, the twist is a shock because those actors portray such genuine. killable men. The viewer believes he is watching real-world scenes in which such a tragedy could occur. The movie itself is a con game, the audience its victims, and everyone falls...
Hollywood in 1983 will be banking heavily on sequels, everything from The Sting II and Porky's II: The Next Day to Superman III and The Revenge of the Jedi. But it will take a long time to catch up to the Japanese. While crowds are still lining up to see the newest sequel in the Tora-San film series, No. XXX to be exact, they can already start thinking about XXXI and XXXII, both of which will be out before the end of the year...
This is a sting ray of a play. It lashes the audience with melodramatic fury. Its subject is rape, and rape is a four-letter word that screams...