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...Aussies (wrongly pronounced Awzies; the correct pronunciation is Ozzies, though we'd rather you Yanks dropped the dumb pseudointimacy altogether and just called us Australians) are all supposed to be as straight as Harrison Ford or John Wayne, despite our superficially confusing habit of addressing a friend or a stranger of the same sex as "mate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Australia | 11/14/2007 | See Source »

...Rather than a problem of acting or character—Kehler never speaks—it seems to be more a problem of blocking and technically-produced ambiance. Rather than a ghost who sporadically interrupts Brick’s consciousness, Skipper seems to be a sketchy stranger who just happens to pop into the plantation house from time to time and fondle Brick...

Author: By April B. Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘Hot Tin Roof’ Is A Dynamite Show | 11/13/2007 | See Source »

...provide a boost to the lackluster campus dating scene. “I think this applies to Harvard people because they can’t get a date regularly,” said Edward C. Robinson ’09. But others feel that being paired with a stranger is a gamble. “It’s too risky; you don’t know who is on the other side,” said Grace Kim ’11. The fame of the creators’ previous sites may help make the case for CrazyBlindDate...

Author: By Nathaniel C. Donoghue, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Grads Play Cupid | 11/8/2007 | See Source »

...with gasoline, lighting him on fire, and then shooting him in the head three times after they watch him writhe and scream. Scenes such as these paint Lucas as far more hotheaded and ferocious than Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone; he rarely spares anyone (whether family or stranger) his physical wrath or his ultra-focused coldness. Even on his wedding night, he ignores his wife, burning an innocent gift from her that jeopardized his drug-lord identity.Nevertheless, the spurts of violence and the explicit examples of drug use are muted by Scott’s use of bright...

Author: By Erin A. May, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: American Gangster | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...this day, the secrets come in all sorts of mediums, from e-mail and homemade postcards to hotel keys and a bag of stolen coffee. So far, he has received over 175,000 secrets, he said. “I’ve been called the most trusted stranger in America,” Warren said. Receiving the secrets of so many strangers can be a strange experience, he told The Crimson before the event. “It makes me feel like I’m haunted by secrets, but in a good way.” Every Sunday...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Satirical Self-Help Manual Ends Up as Sad Self-Mockery | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

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