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...overcome social convention, in which he showed us that the power of love cannot be thwarted by society’s rules.” Cagnotto interprets the play in a ridiculously sexual and homosexual context where the central relationship is that between Romeo and Mercutio. With this subplot, Cappellani alludes to Shakespeare’s own use of the play within the play, as in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” where the commonfolk acting troupe, The Mechanicals, put on an unintentionally comedic version of “Pyramus and Thisbe?...
...rules of romantic comedy stipulate that Kate must stumble across, initially resist, then fall into the arms of a perfect guy. That would be Rob (Greg Kinnear), who runs a fruit-drink shop in the neighborhood where Kate?s boss is erecting one of his pricey stores. Fortunately, that subplot lasts for about three minutes, and Kinnear can return to exuding his trademark mixture of blithe assurance and brow-furrowing self-depreciation. For this attractive actor, it?s a blessing and a curse: he?s got the perfect romantic-comedy skills, but he?s in the one decade when...
Knowles’ relationship with the senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, James R. Houghton ’58, was a subplot to the unraveling of the Summers presidency. Knowles was a close friend of Houghton, whose family endowed his professorship in chemistry. After stepping down as dean in 2002, Knowles joined the board of his company, Corning Inc., a glass and fiber-optics maker in upstate New York, where he served until April...
...beauty of boyhood innocence. “Margot at the Wedding,” Baumbach’s second feature, retreads much of the emotional territory of “The Squid and the Whale” and relishes in the same amount of narrative asides. Broken bits of subplot protrude from the greater story arc, and the main narrative is peppered with inconsequential and unexplored footnotes. If it were more focused, “Margot at the Wedding” could have been Baumbach’s dramatic triumph. However, it’s marred by unnecessary flourishes from...
...studying abroad. But Harvard students continually stay home—perhaps because it is the safe option, but also because there is a certain desperate fear that academic life elsewhere is less challenging, less intense, and less interesting. This is not only untrue, but it is an insidious subplot at a university whose alumni continually go on to affect the world’s course in powerful and direct ways...