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...machine gun prosthetic (Freddy Rodriguez and Rose McGowan, respectively). Add blood, guts, brains, shooting, and general goopy splattering all around, and the result is, above all, ridiculous. And that’s exactly what makes it so fantastic, as Rodriguez understands. He mines the genre’s strict rules of convention, form, and plot for all their ludicrous, disjunctive, delightfully absurdist fun. It’s what makes “Planet Terror” a good zombie-movie send up and not a really bad zombie snoozefest.Tarantino, on the other hand, flips the genre on its head instead...
...Faust is expected to make an appointment by early May, the sources said, although she does not face a strict timeline for her decision...
...simple as a difference in attitudes towards guns. As in Western European countries, gun laws in the Indian state of Maharashta where Mumbai is located are quite strict. While it is technically possible to obtain a gun license, few are granted. Even Bollywood stars have been denied firearm licenses for protection in the past. As a result, guns in Mumbai have a negative stigma attached to them, not social cachet...
...effectively combat this violence in Boston over the long term, Massachusetts’ politicians should actively promote a culture of non-violence: Gun control laws as strict as those in Europe and Mumbai should be drafted—our “right to bear arms” should no longer extend to include the right to brandish lethal handguns. Politicians of all stripes, not only limousine liberals, must also publicly denounce guns, the National Rifle Association be damned. Finally, a comprehensive program denouncing violence and promoting pacifism should be implemented in Boston’s primary schools. After...
Like many Harvard students I follow a very strategic set of guidelines when choosing what classes to take in a semester. Adhering to my strict requirement of having the word “war,” “sports,” or “film” appear in the course title of every class I take, I happily signed up for “Psychology of Sport” this semester. I quickly discovered that many of the key psychological concepts that we learn in this class can be applied not only to the field...