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...progression from his home to his school is an obvious one, the mentor he selects there­—Pappass (Robin Williams), the mentally-challenged school janitor—certainly is not. Nonetheless, Pappass gives Tommy everything his mom does not; he is happy to listen to Tommy??��s rambling thoughts and his mental deficiency allows him to relate to a 13-year...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: House of D | 4/15/2005 | See Source »

...House of D from which this film draws its name. Played by Erika Badu, Lady—she never gives Tommy her real name—intersperses her counsel with frequent requests that Tommy buy her a dimebag in Washington Square Park. Nonetheless, she does give serious thought to Tommy??��s problems and she offers him valuable life lessons...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: House of D | 4/15/2005 | See Source »

Like most writers, Duchovny borrows heavily from the canon of literature, theater, and film, but he does so sloppily. This movie has the potential to achieve a Shakespearean tone: Tommy??��s mom is something of a female King Lear; Pappass is the ubiquitous wise Fool; and Lady is the shrewd and mystical ethnic sorceress. Duchovny’s writing, however, unwittingly directs these characters away from their potential classical allusions and makes them instead into one-dimensional clich?...

Author: By Steven N. Jacobs, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: MOVIE REVIEW: House of D | 4/15/2005 | See Source »

Where to find you on a Saturday night: Probably trying to start dance parties at the Kong, the AD, or the Delphic basement…realizing defeat and finding consolation in a bag of M&M’s from Tommy??��s Value…then a final flail around in Mather before hitting the sack...

Author: By FM Staff, | Title: Scoped | 4/14/2005 | See Source »

...PREZ Man, President Summers could really use some Tommy??��s right about now. Seriously—just one slice of that greasy, delicious pizza. Damn. All his troubles would drain away like our motivation to come up with a fresh joke on this subject...

Author: By Elizabeth W. Green, Michael M. Grynbaum, and FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Gadfly: This Week in Buzz | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

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